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ombre¹

  • /ˈɒm.bɚ/
  • /ˈɒm.bɹeɪ/

Rhymes with -ɒmbɚ, -ɒmbɹeɪ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French hombre, from Spanish hombre, literally, a man, from Latin homō. Doublet of gome, hombre, homo, and omi. See human.

noun omber

  1. uncountable A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10. Belinda now, whom chirst of fame invites, / Burns to encounter two advent'rous Knights, / At Ombre singly to decide their doom / And swells her breast with conquests yet to com

ombre²

Where it comes from

From French ombre (“Type of fish”).

noun ombres

  1. archaic A large Mediterranean food fish, Umbrina cirrosa.

    Similar: umbra, umbrine, drum, drumfish, shi drum, gurbell, sea crow, bearded umbrine, corb

ombre³

  • /ˈɒm.bə/
  • /ˈɒm.bɹeɪ/

Rhymes with -ɒmbə, -ɒmbɹeɪ

Where it comes from

From French ombré (“shaded”).

noun ombres

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative spelling of ombré (“a gradual blending of one color hue to another”).

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noun Spanish card game

Españolhombre
Françaishombre

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"ombre." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ombre. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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ombre. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ombre

Chicago

"ombre." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ombre.

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@misc{ombre_2026,
  title = {ombre},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ombre},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}