different between combs vs combe
combs
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k??mz/
Noun
combs
- plural of comb
Verb
combs
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comb
Etymology 2
Clipping of combinations.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?mbz/
Noun
combs
- (dated) Combinations (underwear).
Anagrams
- BMOCs
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combe
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)
- A valley, often wooded and often with no river
- 1914, Saki, ‘The Cobweb’, Beasts and Superbeasts:
- 1805, Robert Southey, Madoc
- 1914, Saki, ‘The Cobweb’, Beasts and Superbeasts:
- 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)
- (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
- plural of comba
Middle English
Noun
combe
- Alternative form of comb
Spanish
Verb
combe
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of combar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of combar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of combar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of combar.
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