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umbrella

/əmbˈɹelə/uhm-BREH-luh
/əmbˈɹɛlə/uhm-BREH-luh

Meaninga little shade

Common meaning: a folding shade against rain or sun

Journey through time

  1. Latinumbra‘a shadow, shade’
  2. Englishumbrella‘a folding shade against rain or sun’ · today

umbr also in: umbrageadumbrate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin umbra ‘a shadow, shade’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry umbra, p. 1927 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • umbra Latin “a shadow, shade”

Related words

adumbrateumberumbrage

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