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sombre.

dark

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/sɔ̃bʁ/France/sõːbʀ/Canada

  1. dark

  2. right, damn, bloody

    derogatory
    un sombre crétin
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French sombre, likely from Latin sub umbra (“in/under the shade”); compare Spanish and Portuguese sombra (“shade, shadow”). Possibly derived through a verb *sombrer, from a Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre (“to shade, enshadow”), though this does not seem necessary. Compare also Old French essombre, with a different prefix.

verb/sɔ̃bʁ/France/sõːbʀ/Canada

  1. inflection of sombrer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of sombrer: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French sombre, likely from Latin sub umbra (“in/under the shade”); compare Spanish and Portuguese sombra (“shade, shadow”). Possibly derived through a verb *sombrer, from a Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre (“to shade, enshadow”), though this does not seem necessary. Compare also Old French essombre, with a different prefix.

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