different between combe vs comble

English

Alternative forms

• comb
• coomb
• coombe

Etymology

From Middle English coumbe, cumbe, from Old English cumb, from Proto-Brythonic (compare Welsh cwm), from Proto-Celtic *kumb?. Doublet of cwm.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ko?om, IPA^(key): /ku?m/
• Homophone: cwm
• Rhymes: -u?m

Noun

combe (plural combes)

1. A valley, often wooded and often with no river
   • 1914, Saki, ‘The Cobweb’, Beasts and Superbeasts:

   • 1805, Robert Southey, Madoc

2. A cirque.

Usage notes

Used, especially in South West England, in many placenames, e.g. Compton, Wycombe.

Translations

Further reading

• combe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Transalpine Gaulish *cumba, from Proto-Celtic *kumb?. Compare Breton komm (“river-bed”), Irish com, Welsh cwm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??b/

Noun

combe f (plural combes)

1. (geography) combe (valley or hollow, often wooded and with no river)

Further reading

• “combe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

combe f

1. plural of comba

Middle English

Noun

combe

1. Alternative form of comb

Spanish

Verb

combe

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of combar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of combar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of combar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of combar.

English

Etymology

From French comble. Doublet of cumulus.

Noun

comble (plural combles)

1. (heraldry) A band along the top part of the shield, half the breadth of the chief.

Anagrams

• clombe

French

Etymology

From Old French cumble, inherited through a Vulgar Latin form *cumlu(s) from Latin cumulus. Doublet of cumulus, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??bl/

Noun

comble m (plural combles)

1. summit, peak (of a building)
2. (figuratively) pinnacle
3. overabundance; overload
4. (heraldry) comble

Derived terms

• de fond en comble

Adjective

comble (plural combles)

1. packed, heaving, crowded

Derived terms

• archicomble
• faire salle comble

Further reading

• “comble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French comble.

Noun

comble m (plural combles)

1. (heraldry) comble