ombreux
French, adjective/ɔ̃.bʁø/
ombreux is spelled O-M-B-R-E-U-X (7 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ombreux is a French adjective meaning “shady” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Où il y a de l’ombre”.
What does ombreux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shady
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Où il y a de l’ombre. 2. Qui donne ou fait de l’ombre.
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 ombreux
- ombreuse feminine
- ombreuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ombreux?
- /ɔ̃.bʁø/
- \ɔ̃.bʁø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ombreux in French?
ombreux appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).