umbrella

Meaning

Noun

1. A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
2. (figuratively) Anything that provides similar protection.
3. (figuratively) Anything that provides similar overarching coverage of a range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
4. A strategy in which five players in the offensive zone form an umbrella-shaped formation around the opposition's goal net.
5. The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
6. An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.
2. (intransitive) To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.
3. (intransitive) To move like a jellyfish.

Synonyms

parasol

sunshade

parachute

🪂

brolly

canopy

raincoat

shelter

lampshade

mayapple

mush

overall

overhead

protection

roof

rooftop

shade

shading

shadow

simulacrum

veil

shades of

all-inclusive

rainshade

awning

ceiling

cloud

☁️

defence

gamp

housetop

Translations

parapluie

paraguas

☔

Regenschirm

☔

ombrello

☔

paraplu

☔

Schirm

guarda-chuva

☔

ομπρέλα

paraigua

☔

regenscherm

☔

sombrinha

şemsiye

☔

ombrelle

parapioggia

☔

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌmˈbɹɛlə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ombrella, umbrella (“parasol, sunshade”), diminutive of ombra (“shade”) (or from a Late Latin or Medieval Latin umbrella), from Latin umbra (“shadow”).