Definitions for umberˈʌm bər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
um•berˈʌm bər(n.)
a brown earth, largely oxides of iron and manganese, used as a pigment.
Category: Mineralogy, Chemistry
the color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown.
Category: Fine Arts
the European grayling
Thymallus thymallus.
Category: Ichthyology
(adj.)of the color umber.
(v.t.)to color with or as if with umber.
Origin of umber:
1250–1300; ME umbre, umber shade, shadow < OF umbre < L umbra; in sense "earth" < F terre d'ombre or It terra di ombra
Princeton's WordNet
umber(noun)
an earth pigment
chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber(adj)
a medium brown to dark-brown color
umber(adj)
of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments
Wiktionary
umber(Adjective)
(colour) of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.
Webster Dictionary
Umber(noun)
a brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below
Umber(noun)
an umbrere
Umber(noun)
see Grayling, 1
Umber(noun)
an African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird
Umber(adj)
of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky
Umber(verb)
to color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one's face
Translations for umber
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- omAfrikaans
- حَوْل، مُحيطٌ بِArabic
- заобикалящBulgarian
- à volta de / em torno dePortuguese (BR)
- kolemCzech
- um...herumGerman
- rundt om sigDanish
- γύρωGreek
- alrededor (de)Spanish
- ümberEstonian
- سراسر؛ دورتادورFarsi
- ympärilläFinnish
- tout autour (de)French
- מִסָבִיבHebrew
- चक्करदार झूलाHindi
- okruženCroatian
- körülötteHungarian
- mengelilingiIndonesian
- í kringumIcelandic
- tutt'intornoItalian
- ～を囲んでJapanese
- 주변에Korean
- aplinkLithuanian
- visapkārtLatvian
- dikelilingiMalay
- om ... heenDutch
- i ring/krets (rundt)Norwegian
- dookołaPolish
- سراسر؛ دورتادورPersian
- سرتر سرهPashto
- à volta dePortuguese
- вокругRussian
- okoloSlovak
- okoliSlovenian
- okoSerbian
- [runt] omkringSwedish
- รอบด้านThai
- çevresinde, etrafındaTurkish
- 在...周圍Chinese (Trad.)
- круг, навколоUkrainian
- ارد گردUrdu
- xung quanhVietnamese
- 在...周围Chinese (Simp.)
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