ambergris

Alternative forms



 * amber-gris, amber gris
 * ambergreece, amber-greece, amber greece; ambergrease, amber-grease, amber grease; ambergreese, amber-greese
 * ambergrise, amber-grise, amber grise
 * ambergreace, amber-greace, amber greace; ambergrece, amber-grece, amber grece; ambergrese, amber-grese, amber grese; ambergrice, amber-grice, amber grice; ambergriece, amber-griece, amber griece; ambergriese, amber-griese, amber griese; ambregrise; ambregris; amber de gris

Etymology
. 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.

Noun

 * 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.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Azerbaijani: ənbər
 * Belarusian: а́мбра
 * Bulgarian: а́мбра
 * Catalan: ambre gris
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ambra
 * Dhivehi: މާވަހަރު
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ambro
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Byzantine: ἄμβαρ
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ambra grigia
 * Japanese: (also spelled ), アンバーグリス
 * Korean: 용연향(龍涎香)
 * Lezgi: анбар, анбер
 * Malayalam: ആംബർഗ്രീസ്
 * Maori: mīmiha
 * Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭬𐭭𐭫
 * Norwegian: ambra
 * Old Tupi: pirapu'ama repoti
 * Ottoman Turkish: عنبر
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: âmbar cinza, âmbar gris, âmbar pardo
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: амбра
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: ambra
 * Spanish: ámbar gris
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: long diên hương (龍涎香)