ambra
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ambra c (singular definite ambraen, plural indefinite ambraer)
Inflection edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ambra | ambraen | ambraer | ambraerne |
genitive | ambras | ambraens | ambraers | ambraernes |
Further reading edit
- ambra on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Ambra (plante) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ambra
- ambergris
- Synonym: harmaa ambra
- (dated) amber (fossil resin) (usually as keltainen ambra)
- Synonym: meripihka
Declension edit
Inflection of ambra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ambra | ambrat | ||
genitive | ambran | ambrojen | ||
partitive | ambraa | ambroja | ||
illative | ambraan | ambroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ambra | ambrat | ||
accusative | nom. | ambra | ambrat | |
gen. | ambran | |||
genitive | ambran | ambrojen ambrainrare | ||
partitive | ambraa | ambroja | ||
inessive | ambrassa | ambroissa | ||
elative | ambrasta | ambroista | ||
illative | ambraan | ambroihin | ||
adessive | ambralla | ambroilla | ||
ablative | ambralta | ambroilta | ||
allative | ambralle | ambroille | ||
essive | ambrana | ambroina | ||
translative | ambraksi | ambroiksi | ||
abessive | ambratta | ambroitta | ||
instructive | — | ambroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “ambra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bʁa/
- Homophones: ambras, ambrât
Verb edit
ambra
- third-person singular past historic of ambrer
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ambra f (plural ambre)
- amber (fossil resin)
- c. 1316–1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXIX”, in Paradiso [Heaven][2], lines 25–26; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][3], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- E come in vetro, in ambra o in cristallo
raggio resplende […]- And like in glass, amber, or crystal, a ray shines […]
- meanings related to colour/color:
- (uncountable) amber colour/color
- (metonymically, uncountable) yellow
- Synonym: giallo
- (metonymically) any amber-colored substance or object.
- (uncountable) the smell of ambergris
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- ambra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).
Noun edit
ambra f sg (genitive ambrae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) amber (fossil resin)
- (Medieval Latin) ambergris
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | ambra |
Genitive | ambrae |
Dative | ambrae |
Accusative | ambram |
Ablative | ambrā |
Vocative | ambra |
Related terms edit
References edit
- ambra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Italian ambra, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar).
Noun edit
ambra m (definite singular ambraen, indefinite plural ambraer, definite plural ambraene)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Italian ambra, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar).
Noun edit
ambra m (definite singular ambraen, indefinite plural ambraer or ambraar, definite plural ambraene or ambraane)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism; possibly borrowed from French ambre, Italian ambra, or Spanish ámbar, ultimately from Medieval Latin ambra, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar).[1] First attested in 1534.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ambra f
- ambergris (substance in perfumes)
- zapach ambry ― the smell of ambergris
- ambergris perfume
- sweet gum, liquidambar (tree of the genus Liquidambar)
- Synonym: ambrowiec
- (Middle Polish) amber (resin)
- Synonym: bursztyn
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “ambra”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ambra”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Further reading edit
- ambra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ambra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (02.07.2012) “AMBRA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ambra”, in Słownik języka polskiego[4]
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ambra”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[5]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ambra”, in Słownik języka polskiego[6] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 30
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
ambra f (Cyrillic spelling амбра)