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ombre.

shade, shadow

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɔ̃bʁ/France/õːbʀ/Canada
  1. shade, shadow

    feminine
  2. darkness

    feminine
  3. ghost

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French onbre, ombre, from Latin umbra, probably from Old Latin *omra, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂mr-u-, *h₂mrup-.

noun/ɔ̃bʁ/France/õːbʀ/Canada
  1. a fish of Osteichthyes of the freshwater family Salmonidae, of the genus Thymallus

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin umbra (“drumfish”), probably the same etymon as under etymology 1 above.

verb/ɔ̃bʁ/France/õːbʀ/Canada
  1. inflection of ombrer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of ombrer: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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