enjambre
See also: enjambré and Enjambre
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enˈxambɾe/ [ẽŋˈxãm.bɾe]
- Rhymes: -ambɾe
- Syllabification: en‧jam‧bre
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish ensamne (“swarm, beehive”), from Latin exāmine, singular ablative of exāmen (“swarm”). Doublet of examen, which was borrowed.
Noun
enjambre m (plural enjambres)
- swarm (of bees)
- crowd, multitude
Descendants
- → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: jambre
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
enjambre
- inflection of enjambrar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “enjambre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014