sombre

Meaning

1. Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
2. Dull or dark in colour or brightness.
3. Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.
4. Grave; extremely serious.

Frequency

Hyphenated as

som‧bre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɒmbə/

Borrowed from French sombre (“dark”), from Old French sombre, from a verb *sombrer or Latin sub- + umbra. Compare Spanish sombra (“shade; dark part of a picture; ghost”).