French

Proper noun

Ambre

1. A female given name of modern usage, equivalent to English Amber.

Anagrams

• brame, bramé

Norman

Proper noun

Ambre f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Amber.

French

ambre

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ambre m ‎(plural ambres)

1. amber (fossil resin)

Anagrams

• brame, bramé

Interlingue

Noun

ambre

1. amber

Italian

Noun

ambre f pl

1. plural of ambra

Anagrams

• brame, Brema

Ladino

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• anbre, almer

Noun

ambre (plural ambres)

1. A bucket; a measure.

References

• The Middle English Dictionary

Middle French

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.