"combe" meaning in English

See combe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kuːm/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-combe.wav Forms: combes [plural]
enPR: ko͞om [UK] Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Middle English coumbe, cumbe, from Old English cumb, related to Proto-Germanic *kumbaz (“bowl, vessel”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kumbā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ-. Compare Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), German Kump (“vessel”). Related to Welsh cwm (“a hollow valley”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow”), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”), etc. through Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ-. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|coumbe}} Middle English coumbe, {{inh|en|ang|cumb}} Old English cumb, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*kumbaz||bowl, vessel}} Proto-Germanic *kumbaz (“bowl, vessel”), {{der|en|cel-pro|*kumbā}} Proto-Celtic *kumbā, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ḱumbʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ-, {{cog|nl|kom||bowl, basin}} Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), {{cog|de|Kump||vessel}} German Kump (“vessel”), {{cog|cy|cwm||a hollow valley}} Welsh cwm (“a hollow valley”), {{cog|grc|κύμβη||hollow}} Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow”), {{cog|sa|कुम्भ||a pot, jug}} Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ḱumbʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ- Head templates: {{en-noun}} combe (plural combes)
  1. A valley, often wooded and often with no river Translations (deep, narrow valley): клисура (klisura) [feminine] (Bulgarian), coma [feminine] (Catalan), comal [masculine] (Catalan), combe [feminine] (French), cyrk lodowcowy [masculine] (Polish), kar [masculine] (Polish), kocioł [masculine] (Polish), comba [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-combe-en-noun-PdnxXrv3 Disambiguation of 'deep, narrow valley': 100 0
  2. A cirque. Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-combe-en-noun-8zZOYOot Disambiguation of Landforms: 44 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: comb, coomb, coombe Derived forms: Comberow, Comstock

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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