ombre.
A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
Meaning & usage
A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Italic *hemō Latin hemō Latin homō Latin hominem Old Spanish omne Spanish hombrebor. French hombrebor. English ombre Borrowed from French hombre, from Spanish hombre, literally, a man, from Latin homō. Doublet of gome, hombre, homo, and omi. See human.
A large Mediterranean food fish, Umbrina cirrosa.
Where this word comes from
From French ombre (“Type of fish”).
Alternative spelling of ombré (“a gradual blending of one color hue to another”).
Where this word comes from
From French ombré (“shaded”).
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