ambre

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈam.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈam.bɾe]

• audio (Valencian)

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Noun

ambre m (plural ambres)

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

Derived terms

• ambrat
• ambre gris

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

• “ambre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ambre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ambre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ambre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

ambre

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃bʁ/

• Audio

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Noun

ambre m (plural ambres)

1. amber (fossil resin)

Derived terms

• ambre gris
• ambre jaune

Further reading

• “ambre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• brame, bramé

Friulian

Noun

ambre f (plural ambris)

1. amber (fossil resin)

Related terms

• ambrât

Italian

Noun

ambre f pl

1. plural of ambra

Anagrams

• Brema, brame

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

• anbre, almer

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈam(b)ər/

Noun

ambre (plural ambres)

1. A bucket; a measure.

References

• “ambre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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.