ombré

See also: ombre

English

Alternative forms

• ombre

Etymology

A water tumbler in blue ombré.

From French ombré (“shaded”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒmbɹeɪ/

Noun

ombré (countable and uncountable, plural ombrés)

1. (fashion, design) A gradual blending of one color hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark.

   Synonym: gradient

   • 2021 February 6, Rachel Monroe, “Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     PrettyLittleThing had hundreds of leggings listed on its website, and I looked at all of them: white faux leather, flame-print mesh, seamless gray ombré.

Further reading

• “ombré”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃.bʁe/

• Audio:

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Participle

ombré (feminine ombrée, masculine plural ombrés, feminine plural ombrées)

1. past participle of ombrer

Further reading

• “ombré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• brome