English Explanatory Dictionary

ombre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
noun
  1. A large Mediterranean food fish, Umbrina cirrosa.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of ombré (“a gradual blending of one color hue to another”).

Pronunciation

/ˈɒm.bə/ /ˈɒm.bɹeɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-ombre.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Gt59514-ombre (color).wav

Word forms

ombre ombres

Etymology

Borrowed from French hombre, from Spanish hombre, literally, a man, from Latin homō. Doublet of gome, hombre, homo, and omi. See human.

Synonyms

umbra umbrine drum drumfish shi drum gurbell sea crow bearded umbrine corb
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