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English

Etymology
From Arabic ARchar|ع�بر (�anbar) �ambergris� (now �amber�). ambergris|Ambergris, of animal origin, somehow became confused with the fossil resin, of vegetable origin, so the French language differentiated them as ambre gris, grey amber, and ambre jaune, yellow amber. English adopted this differentiation in the respective forms ambergris and amber.

Pronunciation
/�æmb�(r)/, /<tt>"{mb@(r)</tt>/

Noun
en-noun
Image:amber.pendants.800pix.050203.jpg|thumb|Amber pendants

1. A hard yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery.
2. A brownish yellow colour.

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1. UK The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights.
2. biology, genetics, biochemistry A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UAG."

Quotations
;fossil resin, used in jewellery
:*1594 � Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew iv 3
:*:With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery,
:*:With amber bracelets, beads, and all this knavery.
:*1594 � Shakespeare, Hamlet ii 2
:*:Slanders, sir: for the satirical rogue says here that old men have grey beards, that their faces are wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and plum-tree gum and that they have a plentiful lack of wit.

Translations
trans-top|fossil resin
Chinese: �� (hŭ pò)
Croatian: jantar m
Czech: jantar m
Dutch: amber n, barnsteen m & n
Estonian: merevaik
Finnish: meripihka
French: ambre m, ambre jaune m
German: Bernstein m
Greek: ήλεκ��ον (ilektron) n, κε��ιμ�ά�ι (kekhribari) n
Hungarian: borostyán
Icelandic: raf n
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Italian: ambra f
Japanese: �� (���, kohaku)
Latin: glaesum n
Latvian: dzintars m
Lithuanian: gintaras m
Maltese: għanbar m
Polish: bursztyn m, (obsolete) jantar m
Portuguese: âmbar m
Russian: �н�а�� m
Slovenian: jantar m
Swedish: bärnsten c
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trans-top|colour
Chinese: ��� (hŭ pò sè), 淡��
Dutch: amberkleur f
Finnish: meripihkan värinen, meripihkanvärinen
French: couleur d'ambre f
German: Bernsteingelb n
Greek: κε��ιμ�α�ένιο (kekhribarenio) n
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Italian: ambra f
Lithuanian: gintarin� m
Maltese: ambra f
Japanese: ��� (�����, kohakuiro)
Polish: bursztynowy m
Russian: �н�а�н�й
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trans-top|traffic light
Dutch: oranje n
Finnish: keltainen
French: feu orange m
German: Gelb n
Greek: �ο��οκαλί (portokalí) n
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Italian: giallo
Lithuanian: geltona m
Maltese: isfar
Polish: żó�te n
Portuguese: amarelo m
Swedish: gul
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ttbc|Breton: goularz m (1) goulou melen m (3)
ttbc|Lithuanian: gintaras (1)

Adjective
en-adj

1. Of a brownish yellow colour.

Translations

Dutch: amberkleurig, amberkleurige
Finnish: kullanruskea, meripihkanvärinen
French: ambré m, ambrée f
Italian: ambrato m, ambrata f
mid
Polish: bursztynowy
Swedish: bärnstensfärgad

Derived terms
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ambeer
amber fluid
amber gambler
ambergris
amber heart
mid2
amberjack
amber liquid
amber nectar
amberoid

Related terms
ambrette
liquidambar
pomander
yellowhammer

See also
electrum
succinic
succinic acid
traffic light

Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:Arabic derivations
Category:Colors
Category:French derivations
Category:Gems
Category:German derivations
Category:Yellows

Croatian

Noun
hr-noun|m

1. #English|amber (fossil resin)

Synonyms
(amber): ambar#Croatian|ambar, ambra#Croatian|ambra

Dutch

Pronunciation
/'amb�r/, /<tt>'amb@r</tt>/

Hyphenation
am.ber

Noun
amber n

1. amber (resin)

Old English

Etymology
Latin amphora

Noun
amber m

1. bucket

Category:Old English nouns

Old High German

Etymology
Latin amphora

Noun
amber m

1. bucket

Category:Old High German nouns

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zh:amber

• 2007-12-25 09:53 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */ +Czech

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