Borrowed fromArabicعَنْبَر(ʕanbar,“ambergris”).
ambre (invariable)
Inherited fromMiddle Frenchambre, fromArabicعَنْبَر(ʕanbar,“ambergris”), fromMiddle Persianʾmbl(ambar,“ambergris”).
FromOld Spanishfambre,famne (compareSpanishhambre), fromVulgar Latin*fam(i)ne(m), fromLatinfamēs, fromProto-Indo-European*dʰH-(“to disappear”).
ambre f
FromOld Englishamber(“a bucket”), probably fromLatinamphora. Cognate withDutchemmer(“a bucket”),Low GermanAmmel(“a bucket”),Middle High Germaneim(b)er(“a bucket”),GermanEimer(“a bucket”),LuxembourgishEemer(“a bucket”),Norwegianambar(“a bucket”),Swedishämbar(“a bucket”),West Frisianamer(“a bucket”).
ambre (pluralambres)
FromArabicعَنْبَر(ʕanbar,“ambergris”), fromMiddle Persianʾmbl(ambar,“ambergris”).
