amber
To perfume or flavour with ambergrisTo perfume or flavour with ambergris.
» Maple syrup is an amber liquid.
Meaning
4 senses(rare, transitive)To perfume or flavour with ambergris.
ambered wine, an ambered room
(rare, transitive)To preserve in amber.
an ambered fly
(literary, poetic, rare, transitive)To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
(intransitive, literary, poetic, rare)To take on the yellow colour of amber.
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
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
ambers, ambering, ambered, amberedWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle