umbra

See also: Umbra and umbră

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin umbra (shadow). Doublet of umber.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ŭmʹbrə, IPA(key): /ˈʌmbɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmbɹə
  • Hyphenation: um‧bra

Noun

umbra (plural umbras or umbrae or (obsolete) umbræ)

  1. The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.
    1. (astronomy) The area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
  2. (astronomy) The central region of a sunspot.
  3. (chiefly literary) A shadow.
  4. (archaic) An uninvited guest brought along by one who was invited.
  5. One of the family Umbridae of mudminnows.
  6. A sciaenoid fish, the umbrine.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

umbra f (plural umbres)

  1. female equivalent of umbre

Adjective

umbra

  1. feminine singular of umbre

Danish

Etymology

From Latin umbra (shadow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔmbra/, [ˈɔmb̥ʁɑ]

Noun

umbra c (singular definite umbraen, not used in plural form)

  1. umber (pigment, colour)
  2. (as an adjective) umber (of a reddish brown colour)

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin umbra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈumbrɑ/, [ˈumbrɑ]
  • Rhymes: -umbrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): umb‧ra

Noun

umbra

  1. umbra

Declension

Inflection of umbra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative umbra umbrat
genitive umbran umbrien
partitive umbraa umbria
illative umbraan umbriin
singular plural
nominative umbra umbrat
accusative nom. umbra umbrat
gen. umbran
genitive umbran umbrien
umbrainrare
partitive umbraa umbria
inessive umbrassa umbrissa
elative umbrasta umbrista
illative umbraan umbriin
adessive umbralla umbrilla
ablative umbralta umbrilta
allative umbralle umbrille
essive umbrana umbrina
translative umbraksi umbriksi
instructive umbrin
abessive umbratta umbritta
comitative umbrineen
Possessive forms of umbra (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person umbrani umbramme
2nd person umbrasi umbranne
3rd person umbransa

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

umbra (plural umbras)

  1. shadow

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈum.bra/
  • Rhymes: -umbra
  • Hyphenation: ùm‧bra

Adjective

umbra

  1. feminine singular of umbro

Noun

umbra f (plural umbre)

  1. female equivalent of umbro

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Latin

Etymology

If from Old Latin *omra, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂mr-u-, *h₂mrup-; related to Ancient Greek ἀμαυρός (amaurós, dark), Luwian 𒈠𒅈𒉿𒄿𒀀 (rot), and 𒈠𒊒𒉿𒄿 (rotten) (also see Hittite Maraššantiya, their name for the Kızılırmak River), and this Indo-European source is said to be a possible borrowing from a Semitic root ḥ-m-r (be red), compare Arabic ح م ر (ḥ m r).[1]

Generally connected with Lithuanian unksna.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

umbra f (genitive umbrae); first declension

  1. a shadow
  2. a shade
  3. a ghost
  4. a drumfish

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative umbra umbrae
Genitive umbrae umbrārum
Dative umbrae umbrīs
Accusative umbram umbrās
Ablative umbrā umbrīs
Vocative umbra umbrae

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References

  • umbra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • umbra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • umbra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to exert oneself in the schools: desudare in scholae umbra or umbraculis
  • umbra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  1. Whitehead, The Sound of Indo-European: Phonetics, Phonemics, and Morphophonemics, p. 13
  2. de Vaan, Michiel, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, vol. 7, of Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series, Alexander Lubotsky ed., Leiden: Brill, 2008.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin umbra (shade, shadow).

Noun

umbra m (definite singular umbraen, indefinite plural umbraer or umbraar, definite plural umbraene or umbraane)

  1. (chemistry)
  2. a dark earthy colour
  3. (astronomy) the shade from a planet
  4. (astronomy, by extension) central region of a sunspot

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Romanian

Noun

umbra f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of umbră

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈumbɾa/ [ˈũm.bɾa]
  • Rhymes: -umbɾa
  • Syllabification: um‧bra

Noun

umbra f (plural umbras)

  1. female equivalent of umbro

Adjective

umbra

  1. feminine singular of umbro

Noun

umbra f (plural umbras)

  1. (obsolete) shade, shadow

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