combe

== English == === Alternative forms === comb, coomb, coombe === Etymology === From Middle English coumbe, cumbe, from Old English cumb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz; compare Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), German Kump (“vessel”). Related to Welsh cwm (“a hollow valley”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow”), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”), etc. through Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ-. === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: ko͞om, IPA(key): /kuːm/ Homophones: coom, cwm Rhymes: -uːm === Noun === combe (plural combes) A valley, often wooded and often with no river A cirque. ==== Usage notes ==== Used, especially in South West England, in many placenames, e.g. Compton, Salcombe. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === combe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === From Transalpine Gaulish *cumba, from Proto-Celtic *kumbā. Compare Breton komm (“river-bed”), Irish com, Welsh cwm. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃b/ === Noun === combe f (plural combes) (geography) combe (valley or hollow, often wooded and with no river) === Further reading === “combe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Verb === combe inflection of combar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkom.be/ Rhymes: -ombe Hyphenation: cóm‧be === Noun === combe f plural of comba == Middle English == === Noun === combe alternative form of comb == Portuguese == === Verb === combe inflection of combar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === combe inflection of combar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative