different between umbe vs umbre

English

Alternative forms

• umb, um, umben

Etymology

From Middle English umbe, embe, from Old English ymbe (“around, about”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about, by, near”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?m?b?i (“round about, around”). Cognate with West Frisian om (“around”), Dutch om (“around”), German um (“around”), Danish om (“around, about”), Icelandic umb, um (“around”), Latin amb- (“around, about”), ambi- (“both”), Ancient Greek ???? (amphí, “around, about”), Sanskrit ??? (abhi, “against, about”).

Preposition

umbe

1. (obsolete) Around, about; after.

Derived terms

• umbestound

Anagrams

• Embu

Middle English

Alternative forms

• embe

Etymology

From Old English ymbe (“around, about”).

Adverb

umbe

1. around
2. about

Preposition

umbe

1. around
2. about

Descendants

• English: umbe, umb, um, umben (obsolete)
• Scots: umbe-

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• umbi

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Germanic *umbi.

Preposition

umbe

1. about, around

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: omme, ombe, om
  • Dutch: om
    • Afrikaans: om
  • Limburgish: ómb, óm

References

• Altniederfränkischer Psalm 2

English

Adjective

umbre (comparative more umbre, superlative most umbre)

1. Obsolete form of umber.

Noun

umbre (countable and uncountable, plural umbres)

1. Obsolete form of umber.

Anagrams

• brume, umber

Catalan

Adjective

umbre (feminine umbra, masculine and feminine plural umbres)

1. Umbrian

Synonyms

• úmbric

Noun

umbre m (plural umbres, feminine umbra)

1. Umbrian (person)

umbre m (uncountable)

1. Umbrian (language)

Related terms

• Úmbria

Italian

Adjective

umbre

1. feminine plural of umbro

Noun

umbre f

1. plural of umbra

Anagrams

• brume, rumbe

Middle French

Etymology

Old French, respelled to more closely match the Latin umbra.

Noun

umbre f (plural umbres)

1. shadow

Descendants

• French: ombre

Old French

Noun

umbre f (oblique plural umbres, nominative singular umbre, nominative plural umbres)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of onbre