ambiance
A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influenceA particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
» Benedito's restaurant has a romantic ambiance.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
Stimmung, Atmosphäre, Ambiente
обстано́вкаobstanóvka, атмосфе́раatmosféra
a particular environment or surrounding influence
(countable, uncountable)Of a three-dimensional model, a secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
Examples
9 sentencesBenedito's restaurant has a romantic ambiance.
Ziri enjoyed the ambiance of the restaurant.
We dim the lights for a special ambiance.
Ziri placed candles around the bath tub for ambiance.
Matthew spent many nights writing by the fireplace, inspired by its warmth and ambiance.
Translations
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Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French ambiance.Unadapted borrowing from French ambiance.
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Forms
plural: ambiancesSynonyms
2 synonyms- the atmosphere of an environment:ambience
- a particular environment or surrounding influence:atmosphereambience
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable