ombre

English

Etymology 1

French hombre, from Spanish hombre, literally, a man, from Latin homo. See human.

Noun

ombre (uncountable)

1. A card game, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons.

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   • Young

     When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, / And, joined to two, he fails not to make three.

Etymology 2

Noun

ombre (plural ombres)

1. (archaic) A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Aragonese

Etymology

Latin hominem

Noun

ombre m

1. man
2. a 17th-century Spanish card game (c. 1650-1660), usually played by three persons with a pack of 40 cards.
3. the lone player in this game undertaking to win the pool against two defenders.

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French

Etymology

From Latin umbra.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔ̃bʁ/, X-SAMPA: /O~bR/

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• Homophones: hombre, hombres, ombres, ombrent

Noun

ombre f (plural ombres)

1. shade, shadow
2. darkness
3. ghost

Related terms

• ombrage
• ombrelle
• ombrer

Derived terms

• à l'ombre
• dans l'ombre
• être l'ombre de quelqu'un
• suivre quelqu'un comme son ombre

Verb

ombre

1. first-person singular present indicative of ombrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of ombrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ombrer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of ombrer
5. second-person singular imperative of ombrer

Anagrams

• brome

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Italian

Noun

ombre f

1. Plural form of ombra

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Ladino

Noun

ombre m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אומברי)

1. man

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Old French

Noun

ombre f (oblique plural ombres, nominative singular ombre, nominative plural ombres)

1. Alternative form of onbre.

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Spanish

Noun

ombre m (plural ombres)

1. Obsolete spelling of hombre.

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Venetian

Noun

ombre f

1. Plural form of ombra