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Ombre vs Umbre - What's the difference?

ombre | umbre |

Umbre is a descendant of ombre.



As nouns the difference between ombre and umbre

is that ombre is a card game, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons; it involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10 while umbre is obsolete form of lang=en.

As an adjective umbre is

obsolete form of lang=en.

ombre

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) hombre, from (etyl) hombre, literally, a man, from (etyl) (lena) homo. See human.

Noun

(-)
  • A card game, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons; it involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
    • (Alexander Pope)
  • * Young
    • When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, / And, joined to two, he fails not to make three.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A large Mediterranean food fish -- called also umbra, and umbrine.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    umbre

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)

    • Noun

    (-)
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