Adjective: sombre
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | sombre |
| Singular f. | sombre |
| Plural m. | sombres |
| Plural f. | sombres |
Sample Sentences
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un sombre crétin (a prize idiot, a complete idiot, an unspeakable imbecile)
Adjectives inflected like sombre
emblématique,
antipianistique,
vanadique,
électrolysable,
sébacique,
aponévrotique,
fétichiste,
chromosomique,
archéographique,
fiduciaire,
judiciaire,
accusable,
monomyaire,
ontogénétique,
cinématique,
technétronique,
mélangeable,
neuropathique,
neurologique,
panchronique, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
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.
Verbs referencing "sombre"
English Adjectives
sombre, Romanian Adjectives
sumbru.
Translations