"sombre" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsɒmbə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɑmbɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-somber.ogg [US], En-us-sombre.ogg [US] Forms: sombrer [comparative], sombrest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒmbə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from French sombre (“dark”), from Old French sombre, from a verb *sombrer or Latin sub- + umbra. Compare Spanish sombra (“shade; dark part of a picture; ghost”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|sombre||dark}} French sombre (“dark”), {{der|en|fro|sombre}} Old French sombre, {{m|fro||*sombrer}} *sombrer, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{af|la|sub-|umbra|nocat=1}} sub- + umbra, {{cog|es|sombra||shade; dark part of a picture; ghost}} Spanish sombra (“shade; dark part of a picture; ghost”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} sombre (comparative sombrer, superlative sombrest)
  1. Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit. Tags: Canada, UK Translations (dark; gloomy, dimly lit): мрачен (mračen) (Bulgarian), ombrívol (Catalan), stinný (Czech), synkkä (Finnish), sombre (French), sombrío (Galician), dunkel (German), düster (German), finster (German), trübe (German), pōuriuri (Maori), whakapoururu (Maori), sombre [Jersey, feminine, masculine] (Norman), تاریک، محزون (Persian), dunkel (Plautdietsch), escuro [masculine] (Portuguese), sombrio [masculine] (Portuguese), lúgubre [masculine] (Portuguese), soturno [masculine] (Portuguese), мра́чный (mráčnyj) (Russian), па́смурный (pásmurnyj) (Russian), хму́рый (xmúryj) (Russian), sombrío (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sombre-en-adj-DVjlpFwV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 32 2 27 18 2 Disambiguation of 'dark; gloomy, dimly lit': 56 8 31 5
  2. Dull or dark in colour or brightness. Tags: Canada, UK Translations (dull or dark in colour): մռայլ (mṙayl) (Armenian), тъмен (tǎmen) (Bulgarian), tmavý (Czech), temný (Czech), synkkä (Finnish), pimeä (Finnish), sombre (French), matt (German), stumpf (German), dunkel (German), finster (German), trüb (German), trübe (German), קוֹדֵר (qodér) [masculine] (Hebrew), sötét (Hungarian), komor (Hungarian), pōuriuri (Maori), dunkel (Plautdietsch), escuro [masculine] (Portuguese), sombrio (Portuguese), мра́чный (mráčnyj) (Russian), тёмный (tjómnyj) (Russian), sombrío (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sombre-en-adj-qf5c4ASu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 32 2 27 18 2 Disambiguation of 'dull or dark in colour': 16 72 2 11
  3. Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim. Tags: Canada, UK Translations (melancholy; dismal): унил (unil) (Bulgarian), 陰沉 (Chinese Mandarin), 阴沉 (yīnchén) (Chinese Mandarin), 陰鬱 (Chinese Mandarin), 阴郁 (yīnyù) (Chinese Mandarin), chmurný (Czech), zasmušilý (Czech), somber (Dutch), synkkä (Finnish), ankea (Finnish), sombre (French), sombrío (Galician), verhalten (German), trübe (German), freudlos (German), traurig (German), düster (German), finster (German), schwermütig (German), נוּגֶה (nugé) [masculine] (Hebrew), komor (Hungarian), mogorva (Hungarian), 薄暗い (usugurai) (alt: うすぐらい) (Japanese), 重苦しい (omokurushii) (alt: おもくるしい) (Japanese), ponury (Polish), posępny (Polish), sombrio (Portuguese), мра́чный (mráčnyj) (Russian), па́смурный (pásmurnyj) (Russian), хму́рый (xmúryj) (Russian), угрю́мый (ugrjúmyj) (Russian), уны́лый (unýlyj) (Russian), gruamach (Scottish Gaelic), sombrío (Spanish), dyster (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sombre-en-adj-Q0yFhg7s Disambiguation of 'melancholy; dismal': 18 1 76 6
  4. Grave; extremely serious. Tags: Canada, UK Translations (grave): сериозен (seriozen) (Bulgarian), vážný (Czech), vakava (Finnish), sombre (French), ernst (German), schwerwiegend (German), komoly (Hungarian), непростой (neprostoj) (Russian), трудный (trudnyj) (Russian), grave (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sombre-en-adj-gQFOhCMr Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 32 2 27 18 2 Disambiguation of 'grave': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: somber [US] Derived forms: sombre tit, somber tit, sombrish, sombrely, sombresome

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɒmbə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɑmbɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-somber.ogg [US], En-us-sombre.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɒmbə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from French sombre (“dark”), from Old French sombre, from a verb *sombrer or Latin sub- + umbra. Compare Spanish sombra (“shade; dark part of a picture; ghost”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|sombre||dark}} French sombre (“dark”), {{der|en|fro|sombre}} Old French sombre, {{m|fro||*sombrer}} *sombrer, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{af|la|sub-|umbra|nocat=1}} sub- + umbra, {{cog|es|sombra||shade; dark part of a picture; ghost}} Spanish sombra (“shade; dark part of a picture; ghost”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sombre (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) Gloom; obscurity; duskiness. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sombre-en-noun-CK1cPOJC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 32 2 27 18 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsɒmbə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɑmbɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-somber.ogg [US], En-us-sombre.ogg [US] Forms: sombres [present, singular, third-person], sombring [participle, present], sombred [participle, past], sombred [past]
Rhymes: -ɒmbə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from French sombre (“dark”), from Old French sombre, from a verb *sombrer or Latin sub- + umbra. Compare Spanish sombra (“shade; dark part of a picture; ghost”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|sombre||dark}} French sombre (“dark”), {{der|en|fro|sombre}} Old French sombre, {{m|fro||*sombrer}} *sombrer, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{af|la|sub-|umbra|nocat=1}} sub- + umbra, {{cog|es|sombra||shade; dark part of a picture; ghost}} Spanish sombra (“shade; dark part of a picture; ghost”) Head templates: {{en-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.
    Sense id: en-sombre-en-verb-9hT9LU99

Adjective [French]

IPA: /sɔ̃bʁ/ Audio: Fr-sombre.ogg Forms: sombres [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|sombre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French sombre, {{inh+|fr|fro|sombre}} Inherited from Old French sombre, {{inh|fr|la|sub umbra|t=in/under the shade}} Latin sub umbra (“in/under the shade”), {{cog|es|-}} Spanish, {{cog|pt|sombra||shade, shadow}} Portuguese sombra (“shade, shadow”), {{m|fro||*sombrer}} *sombrer, {{inh|fr|VL.|*subumbrāre|t=to shade, enshadow}} Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre (“to shade, enshadow”), {{m+|fro|essombre}} Old French essombre Head templates: {{fr-adj}} sombre (plural sombres)
  1. dark Synonyms: foncé, obscur
    Sense id: en-sombre-fr-adj-5rtWib7s
  2. (derogatory) right, damn, bloody Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-sombre-fr-adj-PAin-jbl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coupe sombre, matière sombre Related terms: ombre

Verb [French]

IPA: /sɔ̃bʁ/ Audio: Fr-sombre.ogg
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|sombre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French sombre, {{inh+|fr|fro|sombre}} Inherited from Old French sombre, {{inh|fr|la|sub umbra|t=in/under the shade}} Latin sub umbra (“in/under the shade”), {{cog|es|-}} Spanish, {{cog|pt|sombra||shade, shadow}} Portuguese sombra (“shade, shadow”), {{m|fro||*sombrer}} *sombrer, {{inh|fr|VL.|*subumbrāre|t=to shade, enshadow}} Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre (“to shade, enshadow”), {{m+|fro|essombre}} Old French essombre Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} sombre
  1. inflection of sombrer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-sombre-fr-verb-21LN6F68 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 66 33
  2. inflection of sombrer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-sombre-fr-verb-kylWwd8D

Adjective [Norman]

Etymology: From Old French sombre, from a verb *sombrer (from a Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre), or from Latin sub (“under”) + umbra (“shadow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nrf|fro|sombre}} Old French sombre, {{m|fro||*sombrer}} *sombrer, {{inh|fr|VL.|*subumbrāre}} Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre, {{inh|nrf|la|sub||under}} Latin sub (“under”), {{m|la|umbra||shadow}} umbra (“shadow”) Head templates: {{head|nrf|adjective||||sombres||||sombree||||sombres||sombrees||{{{f2}}}s|f2accel-form=p|f3accel-form=m|s|f4accel-form=f|s|f6accel-form=m|p|f7accel-form=f|p|g=m|g2=f|head=|sort=}} sombre m or f, {{nrf-adj|mf}} sombre m or f
  1. (Jersey) sombre, dark Tags: Jersey, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-sombre-nrm-adj-MwbiaM5s Categories (other): Jersey Norman, Norman entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} sombre
  1. inflection of sombrar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: sombrar
    Sense id: en-sombre-es-verb-I21~TEtL Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of sombrar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: sombrar
    Sense id: en-sombre-es-verb-Q5tx3fV7

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for sombre meaning in All languages combined (28.3kB)

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          "ref": "1877, The Black Band; or, The Mysteries of Midnight, page 47",
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          "roman": "mṙayl",
          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
          "word": "մռայլ"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tǎmen",
          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
          "word": "тъмен"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
          "word": "tmavý"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
          "word": "temný"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
          "word": "synkkä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 2 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
          "word": "pimeä"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
          "word": "sombre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 2 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
          "word": "matt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 2 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
          "word": "stumpf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 2 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
          "word": "dunkel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 2 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
          "word": "finster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 2 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
          "word": "trüb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 2 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
          "word": "trübe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 2 11",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "qodér",
          "sense": "dull or dark in colour",
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          "sense": "melancholy; dismal",
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      "word": "sombrío"
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      "word": "pōuriuri"
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      "word": "تاریک، محزون"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "fi",
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