aumbre
Middle English
Alternative forms
- aumber, aunbre, aumer, ambre, amber
Etymology
Middle French ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʿanbar), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaumbər/, /ˈambər/
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 ; canevas | ||
| grasgrene | grene | |||
| plunket ; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers | ||
| violet ; inde | rose, murrey ; purpel | claret | ||