ombre
French, noun
ombre is spelled O-M-B-R-E (5 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written French, the 2,473rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ombre is a French feminine noun meaning “shade, shadow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of ombrer. With an accent, ombré is a different word: “past participle of ombrer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Obscurité relative que cause un corps opaque en interceptant la lumière”.
What does ombre mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshade, shadow
- 2
femininedarkness
- 3
feminineghost
noun
- 1
masculinea fish of Osteichthyes of the freshwater family Salmonidae, of the genus Thymallus
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of ombrer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Obscurité relative que cause un corps opaque en interceptant la lumière. 2. Absence de clarté ; obscurité ; nuit. 3. Silhouette, contour projeté par la lumière et intercepté par un corps. 4. Ce qui dissimule ou empêche de connaître, ce qui est caché, oublié, mystérieux.
noun: 1. Poisson ostéichthyen d’eau douce de la famille des Salmonidae, de genre Thymallus.
noun: 1. Ocre brune, servant notamment à ombrer.
noun: 1. Variante de hombre.
adjective: 1. Qui se trouve à l’ombre, placé sous un ombrage. 2. En parlant dune peinture, où les ombres sont figurées par des hachures, des couleurs plus sombres.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ombre
- ombres plural
- ombrée feminine
- ombrés masculine plural
- ombrées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ombre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ombre in French?
ombre appears 33 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).