ambre

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ambre m (plural ambres)

  1. amber (semiprecious stone)
  2. amber (yellow-orange color)

Derived terms

Adjective

ambre (invariable)

  1. amber
    Synonym: ambrat
    L'ampolla ambre va reflectir la brillantor dels llums.
    The amber bottle reflected the brilliance of the lights.

Further reading

French

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ambre

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ambre m (plural ambres)

  1. amber (fossil resin)

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Friulian

Noun

ambre f (plural ambris)

  1. amber (fossil resin)

Related terms

Italian

Noun

ambre f pl

  1. plural of ambra

Anagrams

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish fambre, famne (compare Spanish hambre), from Vulgar Latin *fam(i)ne(m), from Latin famēs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”).

Noun

ambre f (Latin spelling)

  1. hunger
    Synonym: fambre

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English amber (“a bucket”), probably from Latin amphora. Cognate with Dutch emmer (“a bucket”), Low German Ammel (“a bucket”), Middle High German eim(b)er (“a bucket”), German Eimer (“a bucket”), Luxembourgish Eemer (“a bucket”), Norwegian ambar (“a bucket”), Swedish ämbar (“a bucket”), West Frisian amer (“a bucket”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ambre (plural ambres)

  1. A bucket; a measure.

References

Middle French

Etymology

From Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).

Noun

ambre m (plural ambres)

  1. amber (fossil resin)
    • 1605, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Les commentaires, svr les six livres de Pedacius Dioscoride de la matière médecinale, page 68:
      les Indiens estiment plus l'ambre que l'encens.
      Indians value amber more highly than incense.
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