amber
A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct…A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
» Maple syrup is an amber liquid.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
Bernstein
янта́рьjantárʹ
буршти́нburštýn, янта́рjantár
a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
(countable, uncountable)A yellow-orange colour.
Bernsteingelb
янта́рныйjantárnyj
a deep yellow color
(Australia, Commonwealth, UK, countable, uncountable)The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.
Gelb
жёлтый
(countable, uncountable)The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
an amber codon, an amber mutation, an amber suppressor
(uncountable)Hesitance to proceed, or limited approval to proceed; an amber light.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.
Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Formerly thought to be the product of a plant.
Examples
37 sentencesMaple syrup is an amber liquid.
The traffic lights are on amber.
deDie Ampel ist gelb. — MisterTrouser
The traffic lights were amber, so we stopped.
ruНа светофоре горел жёлтый, поэтому мы остановились. — Wezel
deAls die Ampel auf Gelb war, hielten wir an. — JWeighardt
Traffic lights have three colours: red, amber and green.
deAmpeln haben drei Farben: Rot, Gelb und Grün. — Yorwba
The traffic lights were on amber, so we stopped.
ruНа светофоре горел жёлтый, поэтому мы остановились. — Wezel
deAls die Ampel auf Gelb war, hielten wir an. — JWeighardt
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanFrom Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /ambar/, “ambergris”). Compare English lamber, ambergris. Displaced Middle English smulting (from Old English smelting (“amber”)), Old English eolhsand (“amber”), Old English glær (“amber”), and Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade”).
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Forms
plural: ambersSynonyms
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2 antonymsWord family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable