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ombre
/ˈɒm.bə/
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What does ombre mean?
noun
- A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
- Alternative spelling of ombré (“a gradual blending of one color hue to another”).
More meanings (1)
noun
- (archaic) A large Mediterranean food fish, Umbrina cirrosa.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɒm.bə/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈɒm.bɹeɪ/
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Voler, or faire la vole (from the Latin vola, palm of the hand), means to take all the tricks in a game of ombre; so that le voleur, the robber, is the capitalist who takes all, who gets the lion's share.