ambre

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bɾe/

ambre m (plural ambres)

1. amber

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃bʁ/

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ambre m (plural ambres)

1. amber (fossil resin)

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

• brame, bramé

ambre

1. amber

ambre f pl

1. plural of ambra

• brame, Brema

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”).

ambre f (Latin spelling)

1. hunger

• anbre, almer

• IPA^(key): /ˈam(b).ɾə/

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”).

ambre (plural ambres)

1. A bucket; a measure.

• The Middle English Dictionary

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

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.