ambre
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ambre m (plural ambres)
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
ambre (invariable)
- amber
- Synonym: ambrat
- L'ampolla ambre va reflectir la brillantor dels llums.
- The amber bottle reflected the brilliance of the lights.
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ambre m (plural ambres)
- amber (fossil resin)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ambre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Friulian edit
Noun edit
ambre f (plural ambris)
- amber (fossil resin)
Related terms edit
Italian edit
Noun edit
ambre f pl
Anagrams edit
Ladino edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
ambre f (Latin spelling)
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
ambre (plural ambres)
References edit
- “ambre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).
Noun edit
ambre m (plural ambres)