umbrella

Oznaczający

Noun

1. A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
2. Anything that provides protection.
3. Something that covers a wide range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
4. The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
5. An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.

Verb

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

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ʌmˈbɹɛlə/

Etymologia

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