umber

umber

See also: ümber

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/

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• (General American) enPR: ŭmʹbər, IPA^(key): /ˈʌmbɚ/
• Rhymes: -ʌmbə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: um‧ber

Noun

umber (plural umbers)

1. A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.

   umber:  

   • c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii], lines 518-21:

     I'll put myself in poor and mean attire,
     And with a kind of umber smirch my face;
     The like do you; so shall we pass along,
     And never stir assailants.

2. Alternative form of umbrere
3. A grayling.
4. A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the shoebill and herons; a hamerkop.

Translations

brown clay

Armenian: ումբրա (umbra), թխահող (hy) (tʿxahoł) Chinese: Mandarin: 棕土 (zōngtǔ) Finnish: umbra (fi) Japanese: アンバー (anbā) Russian: умбра (ru) (umbra)

colour

Bulgarian: тъмнокафяв m (tǎmnokafjav) Chinese: Mandarin: 棕土色 (zōngtǔsè) Finnish: umbra (fi) Japanese: アンバー色 (anbā-iro)

grayling — see grayling

Scopus umbretta

Bulgarian: чукоглава чапла f (čukoglava čapla) Finnish: vasarapäähaikara (fi)

Adjective

umber (not comparable)

1. Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.
   • 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay

     Their harps are of the umber shade / That hides the blush of waking day.

Translations

colour

Chinese: Mandarin: 棕土色的 (zōngtǔsè de) Japanese: アンバー色の (anbā-iro no)

Verb

umber (third-person singular simple present umbers, present participle umbering, simple past and past participle umbered)

1. (transitive) To give a reddish-brown colour to.
   • 1807, Charles Hoyle, Exodus

     Armies o'er armies heap'd, the locusts came,
     Like clouds in autumn umbering all the sky […]

Derived terms

• burnt umber
• mottled umber
• umber moth

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• brume, umbre

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Latin

Etymology

See English Umbri.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈum.ber/, [ˈʊmbɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈum.ber/, [ˈumber]

Adjective

umber (feminine umbra, neuter umbrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. Umbrian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	umber	umbra	umbrum		umbrī	umbrae	umbra
Genitive	umbrī	umbrae	umbrī		umbrōrum	umbrārum	umbrōrum
Dative	umbrō		umbrō		umbrīs
Accusative	umbrum	umbram	umbrum		umbrōs	umbrās	umbra
Ablative	umbrō	umbrā	umbrō		umbrīs
Vocative	umber	umbra	umbrum		umbrī	umbrae	umbra

Noun

umber m (genitive umbrī); second declension

1. an Umbrian; also a breed of sheep and dog

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	umber	umbrī
Genitive	umbrī	umbrōrum
Dative	umbrō	umbrīs
Accusative	umbrum	umbrōs
Ablative	umbrō	umbrīs
Vocative	umber	umbrī

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)

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Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English umber.

Noun

umber m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. umber