different between umbral vs adumbral

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mbr?l/

Adjective

umbral (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to an umbra.

Derived terms

• umbral calculus
• umbral moonshine

Anagrams

• Labrum, brumal, labrum, lumbar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish umbral (“doorstep, threshold”), from earlier lumbral, from Latin limin?ris.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?.?b?a?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?.?b?aw/
• Hyphenation: um?bral

Noun

umbral m (plural umbrais)

1. threshold (area in front of a door)

   Synonyms: limiar, soleira

2. jamb (upright post that frames a door or window)

   Synonym: ombreira

3. (Spiritism) a shadowy transitory realm to where immoral spirits are attracted after their physical death

Related terms

• umbralino

Spanish

Etymology

From lumbral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /um?b?al/, [?m?b?al]

Noun

umbral m (plural umbrales)

1. doorstep; stoop
2. (figuratively) threshold

Further reading

• “umbral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Adjective

adumbral (comparative more adumbral, superlative most adumbral)

1. Dark, shady.

Related terms

• umbral

Anagrams

• Lumbarda