ambre

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, ambergris).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ambre m (plural ambres)

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

Derived terms

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Adjective

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ambre (invariable)

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

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French

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ambre

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ambre m (plural ambres)

  1. amber (fossil resin)

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Friulian

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Noun

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ambre f (plural ambris)

  1. amber (fossil resin)
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Italian

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Noun

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ambre f pl

  1. plural of ambra

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Ladino

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Etymology

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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

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ambre f (Latin spelling)

  1. hunger
    Synonym: fambre

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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ambre (plural ambres)

  1. A bucket; a measure.

References

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Middle French

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.