umbra

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) shadow
2. (broadly, declension-1, feminine, figuratively) shadow
3. (declension-1, feminine) shade, ghost, phantom, apparition
4. (declension-1, feminine, plural) the realm of shades, the shades, the world below or underworld
5. (declension-1, feminine) imperfect copy or representation of something, pretence, faint appearance
6. (declension-1, feminine) shelter, cover
7. (declension-1, feminine) leisure, rest
8. (declension-1, feminine) drumfish

Concepts

shade

shadow

quiver

darkness

umbra

shady

ghost

👻

Synonyms

caligo

🌫️

nox

🌃

pharetra

tenebrae

corytus

umbrāculum

Translations

ombre

Schatten

ombra

sombra

sombra

ombra

schaduw

σκιά

gölge

schim

ombra

ظل

zweem

ظِلّ

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈʊm.bra]

Etymology

Generally connected with Lithuanian unksna (“shade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wnksrā-. This term is tentatively derived from Proto-Indo-European *(H)wenk- (“to bend”); however, the semantic leaps required to go from "bend" to "shade" are large and unlikely.
Alternatively, 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).