ombra

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈom.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈom.bɾa]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan ombra, from Latin umbra, probably from Old Latin *omra, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂mr-u-, *h₂mrup-.

Alternative forms

• sombra (Castilianism, Alghero)

Noun

ombra f (plural ombres)

1. shadow
2. shade, gloom
3. shade, ghost
4. (astronomy) umbra

Derived terms

• ombrada
• ombrar
• ombrejar
• ombriu
• ombrívol
• ombrós

 

Related terms

• ombratge
• penombra
• umbràtic

 

References

• “ombra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ombra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ombra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ombra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

ombra

1. inflection of ombrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From ombro +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈombra]
• Rhymes: -ombra
• Hyphenation: om‧bra

Adjective

ombra (accusative singular ombran, plural ombraj, accusative plural ombrajn)

1. shadowy
2. shaded
3. shadow (attributive)

French

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Verb

ombra

1. third-person singular past historic of ombrer

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈom.bra/
• Rhymes: -ombra
• Hyphenation: óm‧bra

Etymology 1

From Latin umbra, probably from Old Latin *omra, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂mr-u-, *h₂mrup-.

Noun

ombra f (plural ombre)

1. shade, shadow
2. (regional, Veneto) a glass of wine (corresponding to one eighth of a liter of wine)

   Vuoi un'ombra di rosso o di bianco?

   Do you want a glass of red wine, or white wine?

Derived terms

• ombreggiare
• ombretto
• ombria

Related terms

• ombrare
• ombrella
• ombrello
• ombroso
• umbratico
• umbratile

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ombra

1. inflection of ombrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• bramo, bramò, romba

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to ombra, from Latin umbra.

Noun

ombra f

1. shadow

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan ombra, from Latin umbra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ombra f (plural ombras)

1. shade, shadow

Further reading

ombra - Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana

Venetian

Noun

ombra f (plural ombre)

1. A glass of wine