AM

See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"

Translingual

Symbol

AM

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Armenia since 1992.

   Synonym: ARM (alpha-3)

References

• „AM“ on Abkürzungen.de

Further reading

• AM on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• MA

English

Alternative forms

• A.M.
• A. M.
• A M

Proper noun

AM

1. Abbreviation of Amazonas (state of Brazil)
2. (automative) Initialism of Aston Martin.
3. (music) Initialism of Arctic Monkeys.

Adjective

AM (not comparable)

1. (timekeeping) Initialism of Anno Mundi. (Latin for in the year of the world)

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)

1. Alternative form of a.m. (“before noon”)

Translations

before noon — see a.m.

Noun

AM (countable and uncountable, plural AMs)

1. (education) Initialism of Artium Magister.
2. (education) Initialism of Master of Arts.
3. (UK politics, historical) Initialism of Assembly Member. (A title similar to MP, placed after the name of a Member of the Welsh National Assembly.)
4. (property law) Initialism of automated mapping. (Used in conjunction with Facilities Managements abbreviations (AM/FM).)
5. Member of the Order of Australia.
6. (communication, broadcasting) Initialism of amplitude modulation.; contrasted with FM
7. (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

• AM pop

Anagrams

• -ma-, M&A, M.A., MA, Ma, ma

French

Alternative forms

• A.M., A. M.

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

1. Abbreviation of ante meridiem.

   Antonym: PM

Synonyms

(ante meridiem):

• ante meridiem
• avant midi

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

AM n (strong, genitive AMs or AM, no plural)

1. (software, development) Acronym of Anwendungsmanagement.

Declension

Declension of AM [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	AM
genitive	eines	des	AMs, AM
dative	einem	dem	AM
accusative	ein	das	AM

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈẽ.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈẽ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈe.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈe.mɨ/

Proper noun

AM

1. Abbreviation of Amazonas (a Brazilian state)

Spanish

Adverb

AM

1. AM (before noon)

Further reading

• “AM”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014