ambre

Etymology

From Middle French ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر‎ (ʿanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃bʁ/

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Noun

ambre m (plural ambres)

1. amber (fossil resin)

Further reading

• “ambre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• brame, bramé

Noun

ambre

1. amber

Noun

ambre f pl

1. plural of ambra

Anagrams

• brame, Brema

Etymology

From Old Spanish fambre (compare Spanish hambre), from Vulgar Latin *faminem, from Latin famēs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰə- (“to disappear”).

Noun

ambre f (Latin spelling)

1. hunger

Alternative forms

• anbre, almer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈam(b).ɾə/

Etymology

From Old English amber (“a busket”), 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”).

Noun

ambre (plural ambres)

1. A bucket; a measure.

Etymology

From Arabic عَنْبَر‎ (ʿanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).

Noun

ambre m (plural ambres)

1. amber (fossil resin)
   • 1605, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Les commentaires, svr les six livres de Pedacius Dioscoride de la matière médecinale page 68

     les Indiens estiment plus l'ambre que l'encens.

     Indians value amber more highly than incense.