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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈæmbiəns/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈæmbiəns/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(am′bē əns; Fr. ä byä′)

Inflections of 'ambiance' (n): npl: ambiances

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
am•bi•ance or am•bi•ence /ˈæmbiəns/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. the mood or atmosphere of a place;
    environment: [countable]The restaurant had a delightful ambiance.[uncountable]That place lacks ambiance.
    See environment.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
am•bi•ance  (am′bē əns; Fr. än byäns′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bi•anc•es 
    (-bē ən siz; Fr. -byäns′).USA pronunciation 
  1. the mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere, etc., particularly of an environment or milieu:The restaurant had a delightful ambiance.
  2. that which surrounds or encompasses;
    environment.
Also, ambience. 
  • Latin; see ambient) + -ance -ance
  • French, equivalent. to ambi(ant) surrounding (Middle French, also ambient
    1. See environment. 
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
am•bi•ence  (am′bē əns; Fr. än byäns′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bi•enc•es 
    (-bē ən siz; Fr. -byäns′).USA pronunciation 
  1. ambiance.
  • 1885–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ambience, ambiance /ˈæmbɪəns; French: ɑ̃bjɑ̃s/ n
  1. the atmosphere of a place
Etymology: 19th Century: from French ambiance, from ambiant surrounding; see ambient
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