ambre
Catalan
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Adjective
ambre (invariable)
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
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃bʁ/
Audio (file)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ambre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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”).
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/
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”).
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