Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Canada, UK, obsolete, uncountable)Gloom; obscurity; duskiness.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Tom is somber.

    Том похмурий. — deniko

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  2. We heard somber hollow sounds from the cave.

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  3. Is black too sombre to wear in spring?

    deIst Schwarz zu tragen im Frühling zu düster? — Esperantostern

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  4. It was pretty somber.

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  5. These colors are somber.

    ruЭти цвета мрачные. — marafon

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Origin

Borrowed from French sombre (“dark”), from Old French sombre, from a verb *sombrer or Lati

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”).

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Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
solveA1solventB2solversombrerosomeA1

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