English

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Etymology 1

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From lamb +‎ -er.

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Noun

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lamber (plural lambers)

  1. A ewe that gives birth to a lamb.
    • 2017, Trisha Ashley, The Little Teashop of Lost and Found:
      He'd gone out before dawn searching for a ewe, an early lamber that liked to hide out near the base of the Oldstone, where the rocks gave a bit of shelter.
  2. A farm worker who supervises the birth of lambs.
    • 1855, William Lewis Rham, William Raynbird, Hugh Raynbird, The Dictionary of the Farm, page 354:
      The ewes should now be moved as near home as convenience will permit, in order that they may be under the immediate observation of the lamber.
    • 2008, Horatio Clare, Running for the Hills, page 130:
      The lambers sometimes brought their friends and acquaintances to see the view and relax in what must have seemed a bohemian atmosphere.

Etymology 2

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From Malagasy [Term?] (Highlands dialect).

Noun

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lamber (plural lambers)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of lamba (Madagascan garment)

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin lambere, present active infinitive of lambō (lick, lap).

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  • IPA(key): /lamˈbeɾ/ [lamˈbeɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Hyphenation: lam‧ber

Verb

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lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambín, past participle lambido)
lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambim or lambi, past participle lambido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (transitive) to lick
  2. (pronominal) to lick one's lips

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Ladino

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Etymology

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From Latin lambō, lambere.

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lamber (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling לאמביר)

  1. to lick

Middle English

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lamber

  1. plural of lamb

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin lambere (lick, lap).

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  • Hyphenation: lam‧ber

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lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambi, past participle lambido)

  1. to lick

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Further reading

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  • lamber” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lamˈbeɾ/ [lãmˈbeɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: lam‧ber

Verb

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lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambí, past participle lambido)

  1. Alternative form of lamer

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