Amber
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bə/
- (US) enPR: ăm'bər, IPA(key): /ˈæm.bɚ/
- Rhymes: -æmbə(ɹ)
- Homophone: amber
- Hyphenation: Am‧ber
Etymology 1
editFrom amber, from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”).
Proper noun
editAmber
- A female given name from English, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
- 1854 Harper's Magazine, Volume IX, June to November 1854, page 667 ("Lady Amber Mayne")
- The youngest daughter of the Marchioness of Summerdown had one of these quaint, pretty names - Amber! - and what a pretty creature she was!
- 1944, Kathleen Winsor, Forever Amber, Chicago Review Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 14:
- And then she said softly, "Sarah - I think I'll name her Amber - for the colour of her father's eyes - "
- 2005, Ali Smith, The Accidental, Penguin, published 2006, →ISBN, page 64:
- A bit raddled, maybe thirty, maybe older, tanned like a hitchhiker, dressed like a road protester, one of those older women still determinedly being a girl; all those eighties feministy still-political women were terribly interested in what Eve did. Hippie name. Amber. Ridiculous name.
- 1854 Harper's Magazine, Volume IX, June to November 1854, page 667 ("Lady Amber Mayne")
- A surname of uncertain origin.
- 1901, Frederick Swainson, Acton's Feud: A Public School Story, BiblioBazaar, LLC, published 2007, →ISBN, page 14:
- Amber, the half, generally waltzed round our forwards, and when he secured he passed the ball on to Aspinall.
Translations
editfemale given name
Etymology 2
editFrom a form of the Hindi आसमान (āsmān, “the heavens”).
Alternative forms
editProper noun
editAmber
- A female given name from Hindi
- A city in Rajasthan, India, also known as Amer.
Etymology 3
editFrom a pre-Celtic word.
Proper noun
editAmber
- A river in Derbyshire, England, which joins the River Derwent at Ambergate.
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editCebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English Amber, from amber, from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “amber”).
Proper noun
editAmber
- a female given name from English
Dutch
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editAmber f
- a female given name, Amber
Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Amber, from amber, from Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /ambar/, “ambergris”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔambeɾ/ [ˈʔam.bɛɾ]
- Rhymes: -ambeɾ
- Syllabification: Am‧ber
Proper noun
editAmber (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔)
- a female given name from English
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- Rhymes:English/æmbə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/æmbə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English terms with homophones
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- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from English
- English terms with quotations
- English surnames
- English terms derived from Hindi
- English female given names from Hindi
- en:Cities in Rajasthan
- en:Cities in India
- en:Places in Rajasthan
- en:Places in India
- en:Rivers in Derbyshire, England
- en:Rivers in England
- en:Places in Derbyshire, England
- en:Places in England
- Cebuano terms borrowed from English
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- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
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- Cebuano female given names
- Cebuano female given names from English
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Dutch given names
- Dutch female given names
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
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- Tagalog terms derived from Middle English
- Tagalog terms derived from Old French
- Tagalog terms derived from Arabic
- Tagalog terms derived from Middle Persian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ambeɾ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ambeɾ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog given names
- Tagalog female given names
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