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)

1. ambergris
2. amber (colour)

Descendants

• English: amber
• Scots: ambir

References

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

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	blew, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret