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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈʌmbə/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈʌmbɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(um′bər)

um•ber /ˈʌmbɚ/USA pronunciation n.

[uncountable]

Mineralogybrown earth used as a pigment.
Fine Artthe color of such a pigment;
dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown.

adj.

of the color umber.

um•ber (um′bər),USA pronunciation n.

Mineralogy, Fine Artan earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber.)
Fine Artthe color of such a pigment;
dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown.
Fish[Ichthyol.]the European grayling, Thymallus thymallus.
Scottish Terms[North Eng. Dial.]shade;
shadow.

adj.

of the color umber.

v.t.

to color with or as if with umber.

French terre d'ombre or Italian terra di ombra
Latin umbra; in sense "earth''
Old French umbre
Middle English umbre, umber shade, shadow 1250–1300

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

umber /ˈʌmbə/ n

any of various natural brown earths containing ferric oxide together with lime and oxides of aluminium, manganese, and silicon
any of the dark brown to greenish-brown colours produced by this pigment
obsolete shade or shadow

adj

of, relating to, or stained with umber

Etymology: 16th Century: from French (terre d')ombre or Italian (terra di) ombra shadow (earth), from Latin umbra shade

'umber' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

burnt umber - Ernie - pin - raw umber

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