ambra

See also: Ambra, ambră, and ambrą

Danish

Etymology

From Italian ambra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ambra/, [ˈɑmb̥ʁɑ]

Noun

ambra c (singular definite ambraen, plural indefinite ambraer)

  1. ambergris
  2. southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum)

Inflection

Further reading


Finnish

Etymology

From Italian ambra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑmbrɑ/, [ˈɑmbrɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmbrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): amb‧ra

Noun

ambra

  1. ambergris
  2. (dated) The term keltainen ambra refers to amber (fossil resin).

Declension

Inflection of ambra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative ambra ambrat
genitive ambran ambrojen
partitive ambraa ambroja
illative ambraan ambroihin
singular plural
nominative ambra ambrat
accusative nom. ambra ambrat
gen. ambran
genitive ambran ambrojen
ambrainrare
partitive ambraa ambroja
inessive ambrassa ambroissa
elative ambrasta ambroista
illative ambraan ambroihin
adessive ambralla ambroilla
ablative ambralta ambroilta
allative ambralle ambroille
essive ambrana ambroina
translative ambraksi ambroiksi
instructive ambroin
abessive ambratta ambroitta
comitative ambroineen
Possessive forms of ambra (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person ambrani ambramme
2nd person ambrasi ambranne
3rd person ambransa

Synonyms


French

Pronunciation

Verb

ambra

  1. third-person singular past historic of ambrer

Anagrams


Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈam.bra/
  • Rhymes: -ambra
  • Hyphenation: àm‧bra

Noun

ambra f (plural ambre)

  1. amber (fossil resin)
    Synonyms: (literary) elettro, (literary) succino
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XXIX”, in Paradiso, lines 25–26:
      E come in vetro, in ambra o in cristallo
      raggio resplende []
      And like in glass, amber, or crystal, a ray shines []
  2. meanings related to colour/color:
    1. (uncountable) amber colour/color
    2. (metonymically, uncountable) yellow
      Synonym: giallo
    3. (metonymically) any amber-colored substance or object.
  3. (uncountable) the smell of ambergris

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ambra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams


Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

First appearing in medieval Latin; probably derived from classical Latin ambrosia.

Noun

ambra f sg (genitive ambrae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) amber (fossil resin)
  2. (Medieval Latin) ambergris

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative ambra
Genitive ambrae
Dative ambrae
Accusative ambram
Ablative ambrā
Vocative ambra

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian ambra, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʿanbar), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar).

Noun

ambra m (definite singular ambraen, indefinite plural ambraer, definite plural ambraene)

  1. ambergris

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian ambra, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʿanbar), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar).

Noun

ambra m (definite singular ambraen, indefinite plural ambraer or ambraar, definite plural ambraene or ambraane)

  1. ambergris

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from French ambre, Italian ambra, or Spanish ámbar, ultimately from Medieval Latin ambra, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʿanbar).[1] First attested in 1534.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈam.bra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ambra
  • Syllabification: am‧bra

Noun

ambra f

  1. ambergris (substance in perfumes)
    zapach ambrythe smell of ambergris
  2. ambergris perfume
  3. sweet gum, liquidambar (tree of the genus Liquidambar)
    Synonym: ambrowiec
  4. (Middle Polsih) amber (resin)
    Synonym: bursztyn

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
noun

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ambra”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
  • Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine], Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading


Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ambra f (Cyrillic spelling амбра)

  1. ambergris
  2. amber (fossil resin)

Synonyms

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