ambrette
French, noun/ɑ̃.bʁɛt/
ambrette is spelled A-M-B-R-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ambrette is a French feminine noun meaning “abelmosk, Abelmoschus moschatus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vernaculaire de Abelmoschus moschatus plante de la famille des Malvacées (Malvaceae) dont les graines ont…”.
What does ambrette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabelmosk, Abelmoschus moschatus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire de Abelmoschus moschatus plante de la famille des Malvacées (Malvaceae) dont les graines ont l’odeur d’ambre gris et servaient autrefois principalement à parfumer la poudre pour les cheveux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ambrette
- ambrettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ambrette?
- /ɑ̃.bʁɛt/
- \ɑ̃.bʁɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ambrette in French?
ambrette appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).