sombre

Meaning

Adj

1. dark
2. right, damn, bloody

Verb

1. inflection of sombrer:
2. inflection of sombrer:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɔ̃bʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sombre, likely from Latin sub umbra (“in/under the shade”); compare Spanish and Portuguese sombra (“shade, shadow”). Possibly derived through a verb *sombrer, from a Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre (“to shade, enshadow”), though this does not seem necessary. Compare also Old French essombre, with a different prefix.