Sombre
11sombre — (BrE) (AmE somber) adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ Everyone looked very sombre. ▪ become, grow, turn …
12sombre — [[t]sɒ̱mbə(r)[/t]] (in AM, use somber) 1) ADJ GRADED If someone is sombre, they are serious or sad. The pair were in sombre mood... His expression became increasingly sombre... Unfortunately, this happy story finishes on a more sombre note. Syn:… …
13sombre — adj. ; de couleur foncée ; triste (ep. d une personne) : SONBRO, A, E (Albanais.001, Billième, Villards Thônes.028) ; ê / inborni, yà, yè (001), R.3 => Brun >< Borgne => Borne. E. : Air, Nuit, Sinistre, Voir. A1) sombre, mal éclairé …
14sombre — som|bre BrE somber AmE [ˈsɔmbə US ˈsa:mbər] adj [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: sombre, probably from Latin sub under + umbra shade, shadow ] 1.) sad and serious = ↑grave ▪ They sat in sombre silence. ▪ …
15sombre — BrE somber AmE adjective 1 sad and serious; grave 2 (1): They sat in sombre silence. | a sombre expression | on the sombre occasion of his mother s funeral 2 dark and without any bright colours: a suit of sombre grey sombrely adverb sombreness… …
16sombre — adj. (also US somber) 1 dark, gloomy (a sombre sky). 2 oppressively solemn or sober. 3 dismal, foreboding (a sombre prospect). Derivatives: sombrely adv. sombreness n. Etymology: F sombre f. OF sombre (n.) ult. f. L SUB + umbra shade …
17Sombre — Infobox Film name = Sombre image size = caption = director = Philippe Grandrieux producer = writer = narrator = starring = Marc Barbé Elina Löwensohn music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 1998 runtime = 112 min. country =… …
18Sombre — Somber Som ber, Sombre Som bre(?; 277), a. [F. sombre; cf. Sp. sombra, shade, prob. from LL. subumbrare to put in the shade; L. sub under + umbra shade. See {Umbrage}.] 1. Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.… …
19sombre — [18] Something that is sombre is etymologically ‘under a shadow, in the shade’. The word comes from French sombre, an adjective derived ultimately from Vulgar Latin *subombrāre ‘put in shadow, shade’. This was a compound verb formed from Latin… …
20sombre — (US also somber) adjective 1》 dark or dull. 2》 oppressively solemn or sober. Derivatives sombrely adverb sombreness noun Word History Sombre and sombrero come from the same source: Latin umbra shade . Sombre …
