/ˈɒm.bə/, /ˈɒm.bɹeɪ/
OriginBorrowed from French hombre, from Spanish hombre, literally, a man, from Latin homō. Doublet of gome, hombre, homo, and omi. See human.
- uncountableA Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
“Belinda now, whom chirst of fame invites, / Burns to encounter two advent'rous Knights, / At Ombre singly to decide their doom / And swells her breast with conquests yet to com”
“When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, / And, joined to two, he fails not to make three.”
- archaicA large Mediterranean food fish, Umbrina cirrosa.
Formsombres(plural)