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See also: ümber

English

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Etymology

From Middle French ombre (“umber”), from terre d'ombre (“dark ochre”), from Old French umbre (“shade, shadow”), from Latin umbra. Doublet of umbra.

Pronunciation

Noun

umber (countable and uncountable, plural umbers)

  1. A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
    umber:  
    • c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , lines 518-21:
      I'll put myself in poor and mean attire,
      And with a kind of umber smirch my face;
      The like do you; so shall we pass along,
      And never stir assailants.
  2. Alternative form of umbrere
  3. A grayling.
  4. A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the shoebill and herons; a hamerkop.

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Adjective

umber (not comparable)

  1. Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.

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Verb

umber (third-person singular simple present umbers, present participle umbering, simple past and past participle umbered)

  1. (transitive) To give a reddish-brown colour to.
    • 1807, Charles Hoyle, Exodus:
      Armies o'er armies heap'd, the locusts came,
      Like clouds in autumn umbering all the sky […]

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Latin

Etymology

See English Umbri.

Pronunciation

Adjective

umber (feminine umbra, neuter umbrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. Umbrian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative umber umbra umbrum umbrī umbrae umbra
genitive umbrī umbrae umbrī umbrōrum umbrārum umbrōrum
dative umbrō umbrae umbrō umbrīs
accusative umbrum umbram umbrum umbrōs umbrās umbra
ablative umbrō umbrā umbrō umbrīs
vocative umber umbra umbrum umbrī umbrae umbra

Noun

umber m (genitive umbrī); second declension

  1. an Umbrian; also a breed of sheep and dog

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

singular plural
nominative umber umbrī
genitive umbrī umbrōrum
dative umbrō umbrīs
accusative umbrum umbrōs
ablative umbrō umbrīs
vocative umber umbrī

References

  • umber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Vmber” on page 2087/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English umber.

Noun

umber m (genitive singular , plural )

  1. umber
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