umbra

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• ŭmʹbrə
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• /ˈʌmbɹə/
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Borrowed from Latin umbra (“shadow”). Doublet of umber.

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kernskaduwee — the fully shaded inner area of a shadow
• Catalan: ombra — the fully shaded inner area of a shadow
• Finnish: sydänvarjo — the fully shaded inner area of a shadow
• Finnish: täysvarjo — the fully shaded inner area of a shadow
• Finnish: umbra — the fully shaded inner area of a shadow
• German: Kernschatten — the fully shaded inner area of a shadow
• Japanese: 本影 — the fully shaded inner area of a shadow
• Polish: cień — the fully shaded inner area of a shadow
• Serbo-Croatian: umbra — the fully shaded inner area of a shadow
• Swedish: umbra — the fully shaded inner area of a shadow
• Swedish: kärnskugga — the fully shaded inner area of a shadow
• Danish: umbra — the central region of a sunspot
• Finnish: umbra — the central region of a sunspot
• French: ombre — the central region of a sunspot
• German: Umbra — the central region of a sunspot
• Norwegian Bokmål: umbra — the central region of a sunspot
• Norwegian Nynorsk: umbra — the central region of a sunspot
• Polish: umbra — the central region of a sunspot