sombre

English

Alternative forms

• (US) somber

Etymology

From French, from Latin sub- + umbra.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sombre (comparative sombrer, superlative sombrest)

1. Dark; gloomy.
2. Dull or dark in colour.
3. Melancholy; dismal.
   • Beaconsfield

     The dinner was silent and sombre; happily it was also short.

4. Grave.

   a sombre situation

Synonyms

• melancholy
• dreary
• dire
• dismal

Translations

Dark; gloomy

• Finnish: synkkä (fi)
• Jèrriais: sombre m and f

• Persian: تاریک، محزون (fa)
• Portuguese: escuro (pt) m, sombrio (pt) m, lúgubre (pt) m, soturno (pt) m

Dull or dark in colour

• Finnish: synkkä (fi), pimeä (fi)

• Portuguese: escuro (pt) m

Melancholy; dismal

• Finnish: synkkä (fi), ankea (fi)

• Swedish: dyster (sv)

Grave

• Finnish: vakava (fi)

Noun

sombre (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) gloom; obscurity; duskiness

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• somber

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sɔ̃bʁ/, X-SAMPA: /sO~bR/

Adjective

sombre (masculine and feminine, plural sombres)

1. dark

Synonyms

• foncé
• obscur

Antonyms

• clair

Verb form

sombre

1. first-, third-person singular indicative present of sombrer
2. first-, third-person singular subjunctive present of sombrer
3. second-person singular imperative of sombrer

Anagrams

• ombres

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Latin sub (“under”) + umbra (“shadow”).

Adjective

sombre (epicene, plural sombres)

1. sombre, dark