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Ombre
{
, Om′ber
,Om′bre
}Noun.
A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons.
Pope.
When
And, joined to two, he fails not to make three.
ombre
calls, his hand and heart are free,And, joined to two, he fails not to make three.
Young.
Om′bre
,Noun.
[F., of uncertain origin.]
(Zool.)
A large Mediterranean food fish (
Umbrina cirrhosa
): – called also umbra
, and umbrine
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ombre
ombre
See also: ombré
English
Noun
ombre (uncountable)
- A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)
- Young
- When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, / And, joined to two, he fails not to make three.
Etymology 2
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Noun
ombre (plural ombres)
- (archaic) A large Mediterranean food fish Umbrina cirrosa
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Noun
ombre (plural ombres)
- (colors) A gradual blending of one color hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark.
Related terms
Aragonese
Etymology
Noun
ombre m
- man
- a 17th-century Spanish card game (c. 1650-1660), usually played by three persons with a pack of 40 cards.
- the lone player in this game undertaking to win the pool against two defenders.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ombre f (plural ombres)
Derived terms
Terms derived from ombre
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Verb
ombre
- first-person singular present indicative of ombrer
- third-person singular present indicative of ombrer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of ombrer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of ombrer
- second-person singular imperative of ombrer
Etymology 2
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Noun
ombre m (plural ombres)
- (Ichthyology) A fish of Osteichthyes of the freshwater family Salmonidae, of the genus Thymallus.
Synonyms
- corp
- thymalle
Anagrams
Friulian
Etymology
Noun
ombre f (plural ombris)
Related terms
Norman
Etymology
Old French onbre < Latin umbra.
Noun
ombre f (plural ombres)
- shadow (poorly lit area)