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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
somber (comparative somberer, superlative somberest)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre
2002, Dirk Wittenborn, Fierce People:My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.
Verb
somber (third-person singular simple present sombers, present participle sombering, simple past and past participle sombered)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre
References
- “somber”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “somber”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
somber (comparative somberder, superlative somberst)
- somber (US), sombre (Commonwealth)
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