aumbre

Middle English

Alternative forms

amber, ambre, aumber, aumer, aunbre

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈau̯mbrə/, /ˈambrə/, /-ər/

Noun

aumbre (uncountable)

ambergris
amber (colour)

Descendants

English: amber
Scots: ambir

References

“aumbre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blewe, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret

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