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ammer

UK/ˈæ.mə/US/ˈæ.mɚ/

ammer noun: the yellowhammer; yellow bunting; Emberiza citrinella.

Noun

ammer (plural ammers)

  1. The yellowhammer; yellow bunting; Emberiza citrinella.
    Synonyms:
    yellow-ammer

ammer meaning in Bengali

ammer in Bengali

ইয়েলোহ্যামার, হলুদ বানিং

Synonyms of ammer

Forms of ammer

pluralammers

Origin of ammer

Inherited from Middle English *amere, *ambre, from Old English amore. Alternatively, it may be a clipping of yellowhammer or earlier yelambre. Favored over *hammer due to the influence of its German cognate and synonym Ammer (“bunting”) and its predecessors, Middle High German amer and Old High German amaro.

Questions about ammer

What does ammer mean?
Ammer means the yellowhammer; yellow bunting; Emberiza citrinella.
What is ammer in Bengali?
Ammer in Bengali is ইয়েলোহ্যামার, হলুদ বানিং. See Ammer meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ammer?
Ammer is a noun.
How do you pronounce ammer?
Ammer is pronounced /ˈæ.mə/ (UK).
What is the plural of ammer?
The plural of ammer is ammers.

Words near ammer in the dictionary

  1. ammas
  2. ammel
  3. ammelide
  4. ammeline
  5. ammend
  6. ammer
  7. Ammerman
  8. Ammermans
  9. ammers
  10. ammeter
  11. ammeters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ammer (page history and authors); ammer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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