"am" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} am (not comparable)
  1. Alternative spelling of a.m. Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: a.m.
    Sense id: en-am-en-adv-YgTOGIB3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Contraction

IPA: /æm/ [stressed], [ẽə̯̃m] [æ-tensing], [ɛ̃ə̯̃m] [æ-tensing], [am] [Received-Pronunciation], [æm] [Received-Pronunciation], [æ̝m] [New-Zealand], [ɛm] [New-Zealand], [e̞m] [New-Zealand], /əm/ [unstressed] Audio: en-us-am.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (“am”), from Proto-West Germanic *im, from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”). Cognate with Old Norse em (Old Swedish æm (“am”)), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimí, “am”), Old Armenian եմ (em, “am”), Albanian jam (“am”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|am}} Middle English am, {{m|enm|em}} em, {{inh|en|ang|eam}} Old English eam, {{m|ang|eom||am}} eom (“am”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*im}} Proto-West Germanic *im, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*immi}} Proto-Germanic *immi, {{m|gem-pro|*wesaną||to be; dwell}} *wesaną (“to be; dwell”), {{m|gem-pro|*izmi||am|pos=form of the verb <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*wesaną</i> (“to be; dwell”)}} *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₁ésmi||I am, I exist}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”), {{cog|non|em}} Old Norse em, {{cog|gmq-osw|æm|t=am}} Old Swedish æm (“am”), {{cog|got|𐌹𐌼|t=am}} Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), {{cog|grc|εἰμῐ́|t=am}} Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimí, “am”), {{cog|xcl|եմ|t=am}} Old Armenian եմ (em, “am”), {{cog|sq|jam|t=am}} Albanian jam (“am”) Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} am, {{en-cont}} am
  1. (informal or dialectal) Contraction of I am. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, informal Alternative form of: I am
    Sense id: en-am-en-contraction-0tjQNC3y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /æm/ [stressed], [ẽə̯̃m] [æ-tensing], [ɛ̃ə̯̃m] [æ-tensing], [am] [Received-Pronunciation], [æm] [Received-Pronunciation], [æ̝m] [New-Zealand], [ɛm] [New-Zealand], [e̞m] [New-Zealand], /əm/ [unstressed] Audio: en-us-am.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (“am”), from Proto-West Germanic *im, from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”). Cognate with Old Norse em (Old Swedish æm (“am”)), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimí, “am”), Old Armenian եմ (em, “am”), Albanian jam (“am”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|am}} Middle English am, {{m|enm|em}} em, {{inh|en|ang|eam}} Old English eam, {{m|ang|eom||am}} eom (“am”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*im}} Proto-West Germanic *im, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*immi}} Proto-Germanic *immi, {{m|gem-pro|*wesaną||to be; dwell}} *wesaną (“to be; dwell”), {{m|gem-pro|*izmi||am|pos=form of the verb <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*wesaną</i> (“to be; dwell”)}} *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₁ésmi||I am, I exist}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”), {{cog|non|em}} Old Norse em, {{cog|gmq-osw|æm|t=am}} Old Swedish æm (“am”), {{cog|got|𐌹𐌼|t=am}} Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), {{cog|grc|εἰμῐ́|t=am}} Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimí, “am”), {{cog|xcl|եմ|t=am}} Old Armenian եմ (em, “am”), {{cog|sq|jam|t=am}} Albanian jam (“am”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} am
  1. first-person singular present indicative of be Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: be
    Sense id: en-am-en-verb-oK-Qwl3S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 3 86 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 5 81 Related terms: amn't, are, aren't, art, be, been, beest, being, is, was, wast, were, wert
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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