Ombre Definition

ämbrā, ämbrā
noun
A card game, played by three players with 40 cards, that was popular in Europe during the 1600s and 1700s.
American Heritage

(archaic) A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.

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Wiktionary
adjective
Shaded or graduated in tone.
Webster's New World

Origin of Ombre

  • Spanish hombre man, ombre from Latin homō homin- man dhghem- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French hombre, from Spanish hombre, literally, a man, from Latin homo. See human.

    From Wiktionary

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