ombre

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/ˈɒm.bɚ//ˈɒm.bɹeɪ//ˈɒm.bə/

noun

A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.

Similar
umbraumbrinedrumdrumfishshi drumgurbellsea crowbearded umbrine
OriginFrench hombre ← Spanish hombre ← Old Spanish omne →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

ombre1

nounombre (uncountable)

alternative US omber

  1. uncountableA Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.

    When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, / And, joined to two, he fails not to make three.

    1725–1728, [Edward Young], “(please specify the page)”, in Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires, 4th edition, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson […], published 1741, →OCLC
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    Belinda now, whom chirst of fame invites, / Burns to encounter two advent'rous Knights, / At Ombre singly to decide their doom / And swells her breast with conquests yet to com

    1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto

ombre2

nounombre (plural ombres)

plural ombres

  1. archaicA large Mediterranean food fish, Umbrina cirrosa.

    Synonyms: umbra, umbrine, drum, drumfish, shi drum, gurbell, sea crow, bearded umbrine

ombre3

nounombre (countable and uncountable, plural ombres)

plural ombres

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of ombré (“a gradual blending of one color hue to another”).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA large Mediterranean food fish, Umbrina cirrosa.

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umbraumbrinedrumdrumfishshi drumgurbellsea crowbearded umbrinecorb

Origin

ombre · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéǵʰōm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰmṓ
  4. Proto-Italic*hemō
  5. Latinhemō
  6. Latinhomō
  7. Latinhominem
  8. Old Spanishomne
  9. Spanishhombre
  10. Frenchhombre
  11. Englishombre

Borrowed from French hombre, from Spanish hombre, literally, a man, from Latin homō. Doublet of gome, hombre, homo, and omi. See human.

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ombre · noun

  1. Frenchombre“Type of fish”
  2. Englishombre

From French ombre (“Type of fish”).

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ombre · noun

  1. Frenchombré“shaded”
  2. Englishombre

From French ombré (“shaded”).

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Translations

Bulgarian монокоп
  • монокоп (monokop)Umbrina cirrosa
French hombre
  • hombreSpanish card game
Spanish hombre
  • hombreSpanish card game

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bromeBomerBerom
Cite this entry
APA

ombre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ombre

MLA

“ombre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ombre. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ombre,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ombre.

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