umber

== English == === Alternative forms === umbre (obsolete) === 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 === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌmbə/ (General American) enPR: ŭmʹbər, IPA(key): /ˈʌmbɚ/ Rhymes: -ʌmbə(ɹ) Hyphenation: um‧ber === Noun === umber (countable and uncountable, plural umbers) A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides. Alternative form of umbrere. A grayling. A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the shoebill and herons; a hamerkop. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === umber (not comparable) Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === umber (third-person singular simple present umbers, present participle umbering, simple past and past participle umbered) (transitive) To give a reddish-brown colour to. ==== Derived terms ==== burnt umber mottled umber umber moth === See also === Appendix:Colors === Anagrams === brume, umbre == Latin == === Etymology === See English Umbri. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊm.bɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈum.ber] === Adjective === umber (feminine umbra, neuter umbrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) Umbrian ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). === Noun === umber m (genitive umbrī); second declension an Umbrian; also a breed of sheep and dog ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). === 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)