OMBRE

Etymology 1

Noun

ombre (uncountable)

A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.

Etymology 2

Noun

ombre (plural ombres)

(archaic) A large Mediterranean food fish Umbrina cirrosa

Synonyms

• umbra, umbrine

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.

Anagrams

• brome, omber

Source: Wiktionary


Om"ber, Om"bre, n. Etym: [F. hombre, fr. Sp. hombre, lit., a man, fr. L. homo. See Human.]

Definition: A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons. Pope. When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And, joined to two, he fails not to make three. Young.

Om"bre, n. Etym: [F., of uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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