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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD UMBER

From French (terre d') ombre or Italian ( terra di) ombra shadow (earth), from Latin umbra shade.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF UMBER

umber  [ˈʌmbə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UMBER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Umber can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UMBER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Umber

Umber is a natural brown or reddish-brown earth pigment that contains iron oxide and manganese oxide. It is darker than the other similar earth pigments, ochre and sienna. In its natural form, it is called raw umber. When heated, the color becomes more intense, and the color is known as burnt umber. The name comes from terra di ombra, or earth of Umbria, the Italian name of the pigment. Umbria is a mountainous region in central Italy where the pigment was originally extracted. The word also may be related to the Latin word Umbra. Umber is not one precise color, but a range of different colors, from medium to dark, from yellowish to reddish to grayish. The color of the natural earth depends upon the amount of iron oxide and manganese in the clay. Umber earth pigments contain between five and twenty percent manganese oxide, which accounts for their being a darker color than yellow ochre or sienna. Commercial colors vary depending upon the manufacturer or the color list. Not all umber pigments contain natural earths; some contain synthetic iron and manganese oxide, indicated on the label.

Definition of umber in the English dictionary

The first definition of umber in the dictionary is any of the dark brown to greenish-brown colours produced by this pigment. Other definition of umber is shade or shadow. Umber is also any dark, dusky, or indefinite colour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UMBER


amber
ˈæmbə
chamber
ˈtʃeɪmbə
Columba
kəˈlʌmbə
cucumber
ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə
December
dɪˈsɛmbə
Humber
ˈhʌmbə
lumbar
ˈlʌmbə
lumber
ˈlʌmbə
member
ˈmɛmbə
November
nəʊˈvɛmbə
number
ˈnʌmbə
outnumber
ˌaʊtˈnʌmbə
remember
rɪˈmɛmbə
renumber
ˌriːˈnʌmbə
rumba
ˈrʌmbə
samba
ˈsæmbə
September
sɛpˈtɛmbə
slumber
ˈslʌmbə
timber
ˈtɪmbə
Zumba
ˈzʊmbə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UMBER

umbel
umbellar
umbellate
umbellated
umbellately
umbelled
umbellifer
umbelliferous
umbellulate
umbellule
umber moth
Umberto I
Umberto II
umbery
umbilical
umbilical cord
umbilically
umbilicate
umbilication
umbilici

WORDS THAT END LIKE UMBER

accession number
board member
bomber
call number
climber
cool as a cucumber
ember
house number
mobile number
phone number
plumber
private member
reference number
registration number
serial number
social security number
street number
team member
telephone number
VAT number

Synonyms and antonyms of umber in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «umber» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UMBER

Find out the translation of umber to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of umber from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «umber» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

úmero
570 millions of speakers

English

umber
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भूरा रंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بني مصفر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хариус
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

umber
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আমভের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ombre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Umber
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Umbra
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アンバー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

암갈색
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Umber
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đất màu nâu dùng để đánh bóng tranh vẻ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பசும் மஞ்சள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इंबर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

koyu kahverengi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

umber
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

umbra
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

харіус
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

umăr
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελαιόμαυρος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

omber
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

umbra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

umbra
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of umber

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UMBER»

The term «umber» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.154 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UMBER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «umber» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «umber» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about umber

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UMBER»

Discover the use of umber in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to umber and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Happenstance Found
Master storyteller P.W. Catanese begins the Books of Umber trilogy with Happenstance Found—now available in paperback—when twelve-yearold Happenstance awakens in a cave with no memory of who he is or how he came to be there.
P. W. Catanese, 2009
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The End of Time
Happenstance Found, the first book in the trilogy, was named to the 2010 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List!
P. W. Catanese, 2011
3
How to Mix and Use Colour
Burnt Umber — Pigment Brown 7 Burnt Umber 101 The Lych Gate, Castle Rising Tony paul. ORIGINS A historic pigment made by roasting the raw umber pigment, making it darker, more transparent and redder in bias, although the actual ...
Tony Paul, 2003
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The End of Time
Oates gripped Umber below the armpits and held him up. Balfour tugged Umber's pants back on with his face turned away, and he couldn't help but laugh while he did it. Hap chuckled as well, despite his own concern for Umber's sanity.
P. W. Catanese, 2012
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Waterfowl Carving with J. D. Sprankle: The Fully Illustrated ...
3rd step, to one-third top area apply yellow ochre and white mix (more white than yellow); add small amount of burnt umber (may need a wash of it). 4th step, apply a mix of Liquitex burnt sienna, ultramarine blue, burnt umber, and a small ...
Roger Schroeder, 1995
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Kevin McCloud's Complete Book of Paint and Decorative Techniques
In both these roles, of toner for strongly- colored paints and of greying toner for pale or white paints, raw umber is much superior to black, which tends to introduce a hard edge to the dried color. This landscape is on the Umbrian/ Tuscan border ...
Kevin McCloud, 1996
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Pigment Compendium
The description of umber in Tingry (1804) fits more readily to the low-grade brown coal lignite, the pigment called Cologne earth (or 'Cologne umber'), and he does in fact describe this as a bituminous earth. Church (1901) adds that inorganic ...
Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, 2008
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Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary and Optical Microscopy of ...
The description of umber in Tingry (1804) fits more readily to the low-grade brown coal lignite, the pigment called Cologne earth (or 'Cologne umber'), and he does in fact describe this as a bituminous earth. Church (1901) adds that inorganic ...
Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, 2008
9
The Pigment Compendium: Optical Microscopy of Historical ...
Italianisch ('Italian burnt umber') Casselerbraun ('Cassel brown') Ultramarin rot ( altrosa) ('Ultramarine red') Massicot bleiglatte ('Massicot lead oxide') Neapelgelb hell ('Light Naples yellow') Naples yellow ('Naples yellow') Kobaltgelb, aureolin ...
Nicholas Eastaugh, 2004
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Climatological Data: National Summary
Jept Oct. •or. Вас. Total «ay Juae July Aug. Sept. Oct. •o». Dae. Totml 1887 number of tropical store* •umber of hurrlciBee 1 I 1 Í 3 8 1 1 S 1 17 10 1910 « umber of tropical •tore* KuBbar of hurrlcaaaa 1 2 1 1 | a « 1 э 1 a 1888 ЧишЬвг of tropical ...
United States. Weather Bureau, 1956

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UMBER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term umber is used in the context of the following news items.
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Leeds 'Suspect Six' not totally Umber-lievable
Suddenly the case of Leeds' 'Suspect Six', the Friday sicknote crew, looks to be a little clearer after Phil Hay's interview with Andrew Umbers, Leeds United's ... «The 72 - We Love the Football League, Apr 15»
2
Leeds United accounts auditor probed – Umber-lievable
If it isn't clowning around with sackings, if it isn't taming the wild behaviours of the Leeds United ringmaster, then it's probing of the account auditors and whether ... «The 72 - We Love the Football League, Apr 15»
3
Council to cap number of Hackney cabs in Bristol
BRISTOL City Council will put a cap on the number of new Hackney cab licences granted in the city following calls from drivers that ranks are becoming too busy ... «Bristol Post, Apr 15»
4
Pastry Pro Umber Ahmad Will Start Scooping Ice Cream at Mah-Ze …
Umber Ahmad, the creator of critical darling Mah-Ze-Dahr, says she felt like Goldilocks for the past year as she searched for a home for her baking company. «Eater NY, Mar 15»
5
Finnish Indie Developer Umber Games is Bringing Cava Racing to …
If that sounds intriguing to you, Umber Games has just what you are looking for in Cava Racing. It was released earlier this year on iOS to strong reviews. Prior to ... «DroidGamers, Feb 15»
6
Qissa Review
Umber who is hoping against hope to finally see a male heir is once again left in dismay. To spare themselves of the scarring riots of partition, Umber Singh and ... «koimoi, Feb 15»
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Watch: Irrfan Khan, Tillotama Shome are raw and beautiful in 'Qissa …
Three daughters later, Umber Singh is still waiting for a son. Finally, his wife is pregnant again and this time Umber is confident that he will be blessed with a son ... «The Indian Express, Feb 15»
8
Nike Air Huarache Umber Brown & Dark Grey
Seen here in umber brown and dark grey each pair is given a suede and neoprene build with a ballistic mesh toe box for a little variance on the textural tip. «The BoomBox, Nov 14»
9
Nike Free Inneva Tech “Umber
Nike returns with another "Umber" colorway of its Free Inneva Tech silhouette. The shoe, which features a woven upper and a dynamic lacing system, comes in ... «BallerStatus.com, Nov 14»
10
Nike WMNS Internationalist Mid – Umber / Court Purple
Now, the silhouette is presented to us in a well-balanced colorway, balancing the simple Umber and Flat Gold build with loud, Court Purple and Hyper Jade ... «KicksOnFire.com, Nov 14»

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