Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amper

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: am-per
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.

noun

A defect or flaw, especially in cloth.

noun

Abbreviation of ampersand.

Example Sentences

"While parseing an xml document( sax parser ), trying to replace ' | ' with ' & ' , it finds the pipe, but won't replace with amper."

Etymology

From Middle English ampre, from Old English ampre (“a dilated vein, varix, tumour, swelling; dock, sorrel”), from Proto-West Germanic *amprō, *amprā (“dock, sorrel”), which is related to Proto-Germanic *ampraz (“sharp”). Related to aber.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ampre, *amprō, *ampraz

Inflected Forms

ampers (plural) ampor (alternative) nanberry (alternative) anbury (alternative) anberry (alternative) ambury (alternative)

Derived Forms

ampered ampery

Questions

What does amper mean?: A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.
Where does amper come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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