"ambergris" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæm.bɚ.ɡɹɪs/ [General-American], /ˈæm.bɚ.ɡɹis/ [General-American], /ˈæm.bə.ɡɹɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-ambergris.ogg [US] Forms: ambergrises [plural]
Etymology: Old French ambre gris (“grey amber”). Though the term was initially spaced as two words, single-word forms predominated by the 19th century. In the 17th century, folk etymologies interpreting the term as amber grease or amber [of] Greece enjoyed some popularity. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰreh₁-}}, {{der|en|fro|ambre gris||grey amber}} Old French ambre gris (“grey amber”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} ambergris (usually uncountable, plural ambergrises)
  1. A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (waxy substance produced by sperm whales): ⁧عَنْبَر⁩ (ʕanbar) [masculine] (Arabic), ənbər (Azerbaijani), а́мбра (ámbra) [feminine] (Belarusian), а́мбра (ámbra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ambre gris [masculine] (Catalan), 龍涎香 (Chinese Mandarin), 龙涎香 (lóngxiánxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), ambra [feminine] (Czech), ambra [common-gender] (Danish), ⁧މާވަހަރު⁩ (māvaharu) (Dhivehi), amber (Dutch), ambro (Esperanto), ambra (Finnish), ambre gris [masculine] (French), ámbar gris [masculine] (Galician), Ambra [feminine] (German), Amber [masculine] (German), άμβρα (ámvra) [feminine] (Greek), ἄμβαρ (ámbar) [Byzantine, neuter] (Greek), ámbra (Hungarian), ambro (Ido), ambra grigia [feminine] (Italian), 竜涎香 (ryūzenkō) (alt: りゅうぜんこう) (Japanese), アンバーグリス (anbāgurisu) (Japanese), 용연향 (yong'yeonhyang) (alt: 龍涎香) (Korean), анбар (anbar) (Lezgi), анбер (anber) (Lezgi), ആംബർഗ്രീസ് (āmbaṟgrīsŭ) (Malayalam), mīmiha (Maori), ⁧𐭠𐭬𐭭𐭫⁩ (alt: ʾmnl /⁠anbar⁠/) (Middle Persian), ambra (Norwegian), ⁧عنبر⁩ (english: 'amber) (Ottoman Turkish), ⁧عنبر⁩ ('anbar) (Persian), ambra [feminine] (Polish), âmbar cinza [masculine] (Portuguese), âmbar gris [masculine] (Portuguese), âmbar pardo [masculine] (Portuguese), ambră [feminine] (Romanian), а́мбра (ámbra) [feminine] (Russian), амбра [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ambra [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ambra [feminine] (Slovene), ámbar gris [masculine] (Spanish), ambari (Swahili), ambra (Swedish), అంబరు (ambaru) (Telugu), อำพันขี้ปลา (am-pan-kîi-bplaa) (Thai), amber (Turkish), а́мбра (ámbra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), long diên hương (alt: 龍涎香) (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
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          "word": "ആംബർഗ്രീസ്"
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          "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
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          "alt": "ʾmnl /⁠anbar⁠/",
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          "lang": "Middle Persian",
          "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
          "word": "⁧𐭠𐭬𐭭𐭫⁩"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
          "word": "ambra"
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          "english": "'amber",
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          "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
          "word": "⁧عنبر⁩"
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          "code": "fa",
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          "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
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          "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
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          "word": "âmbar cinza"
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          "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
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          "word": "âmbar pardo"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ambră"
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        [
          "sperm whale",
          "sperm whale"
        ],
        [
          "perfume",
          "perfume"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæm.bɚ.ɡɹɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæm.bɚ.ɡɹis/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæm.bə.ɡɹɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-ambergris.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/En-us-ambergris.ogg/En-us-ambergris.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/En-us-ambergris.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "amber"
    },
    {
      "word": "grey amber"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "gray amber"
    },
    {
      "sense": "largely obsolete, uncommon after 1900:",
      "word": "amber-gris"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber gris"
    },
    {
      "sense": "unused after 1900:",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "ambergreece"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber-greece"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber greece"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambergrease"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber-grease"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber grease"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambergreese"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber-greese"
    },
    {
      "sense": "common from 1750 until 1820, unused after 1900:",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "ambergrise"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber-grise"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber grise"
    },
    {
      "sense": "unused after 1900:",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "ambergreace"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber-greace"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber greace"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambergrece"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber-grece"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber grece"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambergrese"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber-grese"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber grese"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambergrice"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber-grice"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber grice"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambergriece"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber-griece"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber griece"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambergriese"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber-griese"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber griese"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambregrise"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambregris"
    },
    {
      "word": "amber de gris"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕanbar",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧عَنْبَر⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "ənbər"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ámbra",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а́мбра"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ámbra",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а́мбра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ambre gris"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "龍涎香"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lóngxiánxiāng",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "龙涎香"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ambra"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ambra"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "māvaharu",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "⁧މާވަހަރު⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "amber"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "ambro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "ambra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ambre gris"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ámbar gris"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ambra"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Amber"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ámvra",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "άμβρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ámbar",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "Byzantine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ἄμβαρ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "ámbra"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "ambro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ambra grigia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りゅうぜんこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ryūzenkō",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "竜涎香"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "anbāgurisu",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "アンバーグリス"
    },
    {
      "alt": "龍涎香",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yong'yeonhyang",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "용연향"
    },
    {
      "code": "lez",
      "lang": "Lezgi",
      "roman": "anbar",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "анбар"
    },
    {
      "code": "lez",
      "lang": "Lezgi",
      "roman": "anber",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "анбер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "āmbaṟgrīsŭ",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "ആംബർഗ്രീസ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "mīmiha"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ʾmnl /⁠anbar⁠/",
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "⁧𐭠𐭬𐭭𐭫⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "ambra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "english": "'amber",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "⁧عنبر⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'anbar",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "⁧عنبر⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ambra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "âmbar cinza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "âmbar gris"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "âmbar pardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ambră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ámbra",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а́мбра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "амбра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ambra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ambra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ámbar gris"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "ambari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "ambra"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ambaru",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "అంబరు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "am-pan-kîi-bplaa",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "อำพันขี้ปลา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "amber"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ámbra",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а́мбра"
    },
    {
      "alt": "龍涎香",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "waxy substance produced by sperm whales",
      "word": "long diên hương"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ambergris"
}

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