sombre
English
/ˈsɒmbə/, /ˈsɑmbɚ/
adj
Definitions
- Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
- Dull or dark in colour or brightness.
- Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.
- Grave; extremely serious.
Etymology
Borrowed from French sombre (dark) derived from Old French sombre derived from Latin sub- (under, within, behind, at the foot of, beneath, close to, below, before, sub-, at the feet of, up towards).
Origin
Latin
sub-
Gloss
under, within, behind, at the foot of, beneath, close to, below, before, sub-, at the feet of, up towards
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sombrely English
- sombreness English
- *subbracchium Latin
- *subfrigere Latin
- *subumbrāre Latin
- sub- Latin
- subalternus Latin
- subsumō Latin
- so- Italian
- sub- Italian
- sombre French
- sombrement French
- sub- French
- asombrar Spanish, Castilian
- ensombrecer Spanish, Castilian
- sombra Spanish, Castilian
- sombrero Spanish, Castilian
- sub- Spanish, Castilian
- sub- Portuguese
- sub- Polish
- sombre Old French
- Somoza Galician
- sombre Norman