gambier
English
Etymology
From Malay gambir.
Noun
gambier (uncountable)
- A flowering plant, Uncaria gambir, family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia.
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 270:
- When the entire coast-line becomes a sea of waving palms, with Chinese and Malay villages fringing the shores, which are at present mere barren wastes of mangroves, with plantations of pepper, of gambier, and of tapioca and rice, the Northern Territory, backed up by the unswerving energy of the Australian squatter, miner, and planter, will present a spectacle almost unknown in the scheme of British colonization.
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- An astringent substance prepared from the leaves of the plant, used in tanning and dyeing.
Translations
Uncaria gambir
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Danish
Noun
gambier c (singular definite gambieren, plural indefinite gambiere)
- Gambian
Declension
Declension of gambier
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gambier | gambieren | gambiere | gambierne |
| genitive | gambiers | gambierens | gambieres | gambiernes |
Related terms
- Gambia
- gambisk
References
- “gambier” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
gambier m (plural gambiers)
- gambier
Further reading
- “gambier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
gambier m (definite singular gambieren, indefinite plural gambiere, definite plural gambierne)
- Gambian (person from Gambia)
Related terms
- Gambia
- gambisk