UMBER


Meaning of UMBER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈʌmbə ]

n. & adj. --n. 1 a natural pigment like ochre but darker and browner. 2 the colour of this. --adj. 1 of this colour. 2 dark, dusky. [F (terre d') ombre or It. (terra di) ombra = shadow (earth), f. L UMBRA or Umbra fem. of Umber Umbrian]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.