enjambre

See also: enjambré and Enjambre

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /enˈxambɾe/ [ẽŋˈxãm.bɾe]
Rhymes: -ambɾe
Syllabification: en‧jam‧bre

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish ensamne (“swarm, beehive”), from Latin exāmine, singular ablative of exāmen (“swarm”). Doublet of examen, which was borrowed.

Noun

enjambre m (plural enjambres)

swarm (of bees)
crowd, multitude

Descendants

→ Northern Puebla Nahuatl: jambre

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

enjambre

inflection of enjambrar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

“enjambre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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