ambiance
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5.3
- noun
- /æmˈbiːəns/
- US
:
ambiente
- An Abelam village displays a totally different ambiance between the yam-growing and ritual seasons.
- cultural ambiance
See if I change the mood, it will affect the displays and the ambience.
- See if I change the mood, it will affect the displays and the ambience.
- It's the visuals that carry the fantasy right, the colors, the ambience, the environment that you create.
- Beautiful views by my side that I cannot see but can still enjoy the ambience.
- So Halloween is my favorite time of year and well, I guess fall the whole Halloween ambience sort of thing.
- Last thing on the ambiance of your channel is like your about section, your bio, the details.
- Like really take in the ambience, the circumstances, like really visualize and feel what you are seeing.
- But reading on a rainy day hits ambience, the vibes.
Examples
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The restaurant has what I imagine to be the ambiance of an American gentleman's club of the 1940s.
Academic text (2010) -
The food, the staff, the ambience, everything was superb.
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I like the ambiance here.
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Lots of cute restaurants, good ambiance, the whole deal.
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I was really caught up in the ambiance.
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The lobby has the same golden ambiance as when we first saw it.
Fiction book (1991) -
Change and progress were the buzzwords of the day, and the cultural ambiance was conducive to fresh ideas.
Academic text (1997) -
However, the sky was overcast, and the resulting ambiance was somewhat somber.
Academic text (2000) -
They just add ambience, calm and coziness.
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The cozy restaurant had a warm ambiance that made everyone feel at home.
Synonyms
599
2.1
The general feeling of a person, group, or place at a time
319
3.2
The mood or feeling in a place
267
1.4
The mood or atmosphere in a place
230
6.8
A feeling around a person, place, or thing that others notice
200
6.4
A mood you feel from a place, person, or music
168
3.4
The general atmosphere of a place that people notice
105
3.1
The general impression a place or event gives
73
6.3
A special feeling people notice around a person, place, or thing
54
5.6
A feeling in a place that suggests a situation or mood
1
3.7
How lively and active a place or group feels at a time
Compounds
How Distinctive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ambiance comes from French and Latin parts that mean 'around'. The root ambi-, seen in ambient, helps you picture what is all around you, so ambiance is the 'surrounding' mood or atmosphere of a place.