AM
See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"
Translingual
Symbol
AM
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Armenia since 1992.
References
Further reading
Anagrams
English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
AM
- Abbreviation of Amazonas: a state of Brazil.
- (automative) Initialism of Aston Martin.
- (music) Initialism of Arctic Monkeys.
Adverb
AM (not comparable)
- Initialism of anno mundi
Coordinate terms
(anno mundi):
- AD (Anno Domini)
- BC (Before Christ)
- CE (Christian/Common Era)
- BCE (Before Christian/Common Era)
- AP (After Present) ("Present" = A.D. 1950)
- BP (Before Present) ("Present" = A.D. 1950)
- AH (Anno Hegirae)
Adverb
AM (not comparable)
- Alternative form of a.m. (“before noon”).
Translations
before noon — see a.m.
Noun
AM (countable and uncountable, plural AMs)
- (education) Initialism of Master of Arts.
- (UK politics, historical) Initialism of Assembly Member, a title similar to MP, placed after the name of a Member of the Welsh National Assembly.
- (property law) Initialism of automated mapping, used in conjunction with Facilities Managements abbreviations (AM/FM).
- Member of the Order of Australia.
- (communication, broadcasting) Initialism of amplitude modulation; contrasted with FM.
- (manufacturing) Initialism of additive manufacturing.
- 2015 September, Steven E. Kuehn, “I'm Printing Your Prescription Now, Ma'am”, in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Putnam Media, page 7:
- The system, says Freeman is currently being used to assess exactly how AM powders pack and flow to ensure process efficiency and consistent product quality.
Derived terms
Anagrams
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin ante meridiem; this is sometimes given in French as derived from the French translation, avant (“before”) midi (“noon”), instead of directly from Latin.
Adverb
AM
- abbreviation of ante meridiem
- Antonym: PM
Synonyms
(ante meridiem):
- ante meridiem
- avant midi
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
AM n (strong, genitive AMs or AM, no plural)
- (software, development) acronym of Anwendungsmanagement
Declension
Declension of AM [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈẽ.mi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈe.me/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈe.mɨ/
Proper noun
AM ?
Spanish
- IPA(key): /a ˈeme/ [a ˈe.me]
- Syllabification: AM
Adverb
AM
- AM (before noon)
Further reading
- “AM”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024