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English
Noun
ombrella (plural ombrellas)
- Obsolete form of umbrella.
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin umbrella, which is a diminutive of Latin umbra (“shadow”),[1] or an alteration of umbella. By surface analysis, ombra + -ella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /omˈbrɛl.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛlla
- Hyphenation: om‧brèl‧la
Noun
ombrella f (plural ombrelle)
- (dialectal) umbrella (cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun)
- Synonym: ombrello
- (figurative, poetic) branches of a tree that provide shelter from the sun
- (botany) umbel
- (zoology) umbrella (main body of a jellyfish)
- Hyponyms: esombrella, subombrella
Derived terms
References
- ^ ombrèlla in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
Further reading
- ombrella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana