English

Noun

ombre ‎(uncountable)

1. A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.

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

Etymology 2

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Noun

ombre ‎(plural ombres)

1. (archaic) A large Mediterranean food fish Umbrina cirrosa

Synonyms

• umbra, umbrine

Etymology 3

From French ombre ("shade").

Noun

ombre ‎(plural ombres)

1. (colors) A gradual blending of one color hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark.

Related terms

• ombré
• ombrée

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin homo, 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.

French

Etymology

From Latin umbra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃bʁ/
• Homophones: hombre, hombres, ombres, ombrent

Noun

ombre f ‎(plural ombres)

1. shade, shadow
2. darkness
3. ghost

Derived terms

Related terms

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

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Noun

ombre m ‎(plural ombres)

1. (Ichthyology) A fish of Osteichthyes of the freshwater family Salmonidae, of the genus Thymallus.

Synonyms

• corp
• thymalle

Anagrams

• brome

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin umbra.

Noun

ombre f ‎(plural ombris)

1. shadow
2. shade

Related terms

• ombrî
• ombrôs

Italian

Noun

ombre f

1. plural of ombra

Ladino

Noun

ombre m ‎(Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אומברי)

1. man

Norman

Etymology

Old French onbre < Latin umbra.

Noun

ombre f ‎(plural ombres)

1. shadow (poorly lit area)

Old French

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of onbre

Spanish

Noun

ombre m ‎(plural ombres)

1. Obsolete spelling of hombre

Venetian

Noun

ombre

1. plural of ombra