English

Alternative forms

• comb
• coomb
• coombe

Noun

combe ‎(plural combes)

1. A valley or hollow, often wooded and with no river.
   • 1914, Saki, ‘The Cobweb’, Beasts and Superbeasts:

     its long, latticed window [...] looked out on a wild spreading view of hill and heather and wooded combe.

   • Southey

     A gradual rise the shelving combe displayed.

2. A cirque.

Usage notes

• Used, especially in South West England, in many placenames

Translations

French

Etymology

From Transalpine Gaulish *cumba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃b/

Noun

combe f ‎(plural combes)

1. (geography) coomb, combe

Italian

Noun

combe f

1. plural of comba

Spanish

Verb

combe

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of combar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of combar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of combar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of combar.