ambience

noun, plural am·bi·enc·es [am-bee-uh n-siz; French ahn–byahns] /ˈæm bi ən sɪz; French ɑ̃ˈbyɑ̃s/.

noun, plural am·bi·anc·es [am-bee-uh n-siz; French ahn–byahns] /ˈæm bi ən sɪz; French ɑ̃ˈbyɑ̃s/.

the mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere, etc., particularly of an environment or milieu: The restaurant had a delightful ambiance.
that which surrounds or encompasses; environment.

noun

1797, from French ambiance (see ambient). Cf. ambiance.

1923, a reborrowing of the French form of ambience, used in art writing as a term meaning “atmospheric effect of an arrangement” (see ambient).