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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English among, amang, amonge, amange, from Old English amang, onġemang, equivalent to a- + mong (“crowd; group; throng”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian monk, monken (“among”), West Frisian mank (“among”), Dutch mank, maank (“among”), German Low German mank, manken (“among”), dialectal German mang (“among”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈmʌŋ/, /əˈmɒŋ/
- Hyphenation: a‧mong
- Rhymes: -ʌŋ
Preposition
among
- Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)
How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?
- Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
He is among the few who completely understand the subject.
- Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.
Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.
Usage notes
- For the comparison of among with between, see the usage notes in between.
- Many Americans view "amongst" as an archaic/Commonwealth variant, and use "among" exclusively.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
mingling or intermixing
- Afrikaans: tussen (af)
- Arabic: بَيْنَ (ar) (bayna)
- Egyptian Arabic: بين (bēn)
- Hijazi Arabic: بين (bēn)
- Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ), միջև (hy) (miǰew)
- Asturian: ente (ast)
- Azerbaijani: arasında (az)
- Belarusian: сяро́д (sjaród), памі́ж (pamíž)
- Bengali: মাঝে (bn) (majhe)
- Bulgarian: сред (bg) (sred), между́ (bg) (meždú)
- Catalan: entre (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 其中 (zh) (qízhōng), 之間/之间 (zh) (zhījiān)
- Czech: mezi (cs)
- Danish: mellem (da), blandt (da)
- Dutch: tussen (nl), onder (nl)
- Egyptian: (mm), (jmjtw)
- Esperanto: inter (eo)
- Finnish: joukossa (fi), keskellä (fi), seassa (fi)
- French: parmi (fr)
- Middle French: parmy, emmy
- Georgian: შორის (šoris)
- German: unter (de), zwischen (de)
- Greek: ανάμεσα (el) (anámesa)
- Haitian Creole: pami
- Hebrew: בְּתוֹךְ (b'tokh)
- Hindi: के बीच में (ke bīc mẽ), में (hi) (mẽ)
- Hungarian: között (hu)
- Ido: inter (io)
- Indonesian: antara (id), di antara, dalam (id), di tengah
- Italian: tra (it), fra (it), in mezzo a
- Japanese: 中 (ja) (なか, naka), 間 (ja) (あいだ, aida)
- Khmer: នៅក្នុង (nɨv knoŋ), នៅក្នុងចំណោម (nɨv knoŋ cɑmnaom)
- Korean: 가운데에 (ko) (gaunde-e), 속에 (ko) (sog-e)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: نێوان (nêwan)
- Latin: inter (la)
- Latvian: starp, vidū
- Low German:
- German Low German: mang (nds), mank
- Macedonian: меѓу (meǵu), помеѓу (pomeǵu)
- Malay: dalam kalangan
- Malayalam: ഇടയ്ക്ക് (ml) (iṭaykkŭ), ഇടയിൽ (ml) (iṭayil)
- Maltese: fost
- Mongolian: дунд (mn) (dund), дотор (mn) (dotor)
- Navajo: atah
- Norman: parmi
- Norwegian: blant (no), mellom (no)
- Old English: mid, betweox
- Old Saxon: gimang, an gimang
- Persian: در میان (dar miyân-e)
- Polish: wśród (pl), pośród (pl), między (pl), pomiędzy (pl)
- Portuguese: entre (pt)
- Romanian: între (ro), printre (ro)
- Russian: среди́ (ru) (sredí), средь (ru) (sredʹ) (+ genitive), ме́жду (ru) (méždu)
- Scots: amang
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: међу
- Roman: među
- Slovak: medzi
- Slovene: med (sl)
- Spanish: entre (es)
- Swahili: miongoni mwa
- Swedish: bland (sv)
- Thai: ท่ามกลาง (th) (tâam-glaang)
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: сере́д (seréd), між (miž)
- Vietnamese: trong số
- Zazaki: myan
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See also
Anagrams
Bikol Central
Etymology
From amo + -ng.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔamoŋ/,
- Hyphenation: a‧mong
Noun
among (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜅ᜔)
- Alternative form of amo (“master; boss”).
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Verb
among
- To be made or become a collateral damage.
- To implicate; to connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.
- To drag in.
Ibatan
Etymology
Compare Yami among.
Noun
among
- fish
Indonesian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Pronunciation
Noun
among (plural among-among, first-person possessive amongku, second-person possessive amongmu, third-person possessive amongnya)
- jewelry in coronation of odonafi
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
among
- Romanization of ꦲꦩꦺꦴꦁ
Lubuagan Kalinga
Noun
among
- party; banquet
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English amang, onġemang, equivalent to a- + mong.
Pronunciation
Preposition
among
- among
Adverb
among
- among
Descendants
References
- “among(es, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “among(es, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧mong
- IPA(key): /ˈʔamoŋ/,
Noun
among (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜅ᜔)
- (vulgar, colloquial) priest
- Synonym: pari
- (colloquial) boss; chief; master
Yami
Etymology
Compare Ibatan among.
Noun
among
- fish