umber
See also: ümber
English
Alternative forms
- umbre (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French ombre (“umber”), from terre d'ombre (“dark ochre”), from Old French umbre (“shade, shadow”), from Latin umbra. Doublet of umbra.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌmbə/
- (General American) enPR: ŭmʹbər, IPA(key): /ˈʌmbɚ/
- Rhymes: -ʌmbə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: um‧ber
Noun
umber (plural umbers)
Adjective
umber (not comparable)
Translations
colour
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Verb
umber (third-person singular simple present umbers, present participle umbering, simple past and past participle umbered)
- (transitive) To give a reddish-brown colour to.
- Charles Hoyle, Exodus
- Armies o'er armies heap'd, the locusts came,
Like clouds in autumn umbering all the sky […]
- Armies o'er armies heap'd, the locusts came,
- Charles Hoyle, Exodus
Derived terms
- burnt umber
- mottled umber
- umber moth
See also
- Appendix:Colors
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈum.ber/, [ˈʊm.bɛr]
Manx
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