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: a state of Brazil.
2. (automative) Initialism of Aston Martin.
3. (music) Initialism of Arctic Monkeys.

Adverb

AM (not comparable)

1. 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)

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

Translations

before noon — see also a.m.

• Spanish: AM

Noun

AM (countable and uncountable, plural AMs)

1. (education) Initialism of Master of Arts.
2. (UK politics, historical) Initialism of Assembly Member, a title similar to MP, placed after the name of a Member of the Welsh National Assembly.
3. (property law) Initialism of automated mapping, used in conjunction with Facilities Managements abbreviations (AM/FM).
4. Member of the Order of Australia.
6. (communication, broadcasting) Initialism of amplitude modulation; radio programming broadcasted in this form.

   Coordinate term: FM

   That station is available on both AM and FM.

   They were listening to AM and complaining about the static.

8. (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:

  (file)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈe.mɨ/

Proper noun

AM ?

1. abbreviation of Amazonas: a state of Brazil

Further reading

• “AM”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

• IPA^(key): /a ˈeme/ [a ˈe.me]
• Syllabification: AM

Adverb

AM

1. AM (before noon)

Further reading

• “AM”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026