sombre

See also: sombré

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French, from Latin sub- + umbra.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sombre (comparative sombrer, superlative sombrest)

  1. Dark; gloomy.
  2. Dull or dark in colour.
  3. Melancholy; dismal.
    • Beaconsfield
      The dinner was silent and sombre; happily it was also short.
  4. Grave.
    a sombre situation

Synonyms

Translations

Noun

sombre (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) gloom; obscurity; duskiness

Verb

sombre (third-person singular simple present sombres, present participle sombring, simple past and past participle sombred)

  1. To make sombre or dark; to make shady.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sombre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin sub + umbra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔ̃bʁ/
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Adjective

sombre (plural sombres)

  1. dark

Synonyms

Antonyms

Verb

sombre

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sombrer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of sombrer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of sombrer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of sombrer
  5. second-person singular imperative of sombrer

Further reading

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

From Latin sub (“under”) + umbra (“shadow”).

Adjective

sombre m, f

  1. (Jersey) sombre, dark

Spanish

Verb

sombre

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sombrar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sombrar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of sombrar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of sombrar.
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