enjambre

See also: enjambré, and Enjambre

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈxambɾe/ [ẽŋˈxãm.bɾe]
• Rhymes: -ambɾe
• Syllabification: en‧jam‧bre

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish ensamne (“swarm, beehive”), from Latin exāmine, singular ablative of exāmen (“swarm”). Doublet of examen, which was borrowed.

Noun

enjambre m (plural enjambres)

1. swarm (of bees)
2. crowd, multitude

Descendants

• → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: jambre

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

enjambre

1. inflection of enjambrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “enjambre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28