different between somber vs comber

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?mb?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?mb?/

Adjective

somber (comparative somberer, superlative somberest)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre

Verb

somber (third-person singular simple present sombers, present participle sombering, simple past and past participle sombered)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre

References

• somber in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• somber in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• bromes, ombres, sombre

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

somber (comparative somberder, superlative somberst)

1. somber (US), sombre (Commonwealth)

Inflection

Derived terms

• somberaar
• somberen
• somberheid
• sombermans

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??m?/
• (US) enPR: k??m?r, IPA^(key): /?ko?m?/
• Homophone: coma (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

comber (plural combers)

1. A person who combs wool, etc.
2. A machine that combs wool, etc.
3. A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 118):

     The mighty combers crashed down with long echoing reverberations like the roar of great cannons, followed by the ominous swish of broken water rushing across the reef in mad clouds of foam and spray.

Synonyms

• (long curving wave): breaker

Derived terms

• beachcomber

Translations

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?mb?/
• (US) enPR: käm?b?r, IPA^(key): /?k?mb?/

Noun

comber (plural combers)

1. Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.

Derived terms

• brown comber (Serranus hepatus)
• painted comber (Serranus picta)
• comber wrasse (comb wrasse, Labrus bergylta, syn. Labrus comber)

Translations

Anagrams

• recomb