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  • Did you mean one of the following: ambre, ambré, ombrelle, ombrer?
  • The form ombre could be:
    • (as ombré) the past participle of the verb ombrer
    • from the subjunctive of the verb ombrer
    • from the present tense of the verb ombrer

1 ombre Noun, feminine

How to pronounce ombre

(a) shade; (fig) shadows, darkness, obscurity; ~ (portée) shadow; dans l'~ de in the shade of; faire de l'~ à qn to give sb shade; (negatively) to be in sb's light; 20 dégrés à l'~ 20 degrees in the shade; sortir de l'~ to come out into the open; (fig) l'~ d'une chance/d'un doute the slightest chance/the slightest shadow of doubt; (fig) il y a une ~ au tableau there's a snag (or) catch

2 ombre Noun, masculine

(a) grayling

3 ombre Noun, feminine

How to pronounce ombre

(a) umber

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