different between umbrella vs roof
umbrella
English
Alternative forms
- humbrella (archaic)
- ombrella (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ombrella, umbrella (“parasol, sunshade”), dim. of ombra (“shade”) (or from a Late Latin or Medieval Latin umbrella), from Latin umbra (“shadow”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?m?b??l?/
- (Southern American English) IPA(key): /??mb??l?/
- Rhymes: -?l?
Noun
umbrella (plural umbrellas)
- Cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
- Generally, anything that provides protection.
- Something that covers a wide range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
- The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
- (photography, television) An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.
- 2014, Michael Allen, Modern Wedding Photography (page 97)
- Using umbrellas for shooting a wedding party is ok, but not necessary.
- 2014, Michael Allen, Modern Wedding Photography (page 97)
Synonyms
- bumbershoot, umbershoot (both US slang)
- brolly (colloquial)
- gamp (dated, colloquial)
- parasol
- rain napper (UK, slang, obsolete)
- rainshade
Derived terms
Related terms
- See umbra#Derived_terms
- sunshade
Translations
See also
- awning
- bumbershoot
- gamp
- parasol
- shield
Descendants
- ? Welsh: ymbarél
Further reading
- umbrella in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- umbrella in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Verb
umbrella (third-person singular simple present umbrellas, present participle umbrellaing, simple past and past participle umbrellaed)
- (transitive) To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Life Loves Living,”[1]
- Experts with saws and ladders came and lopped off the lower branches. This sent the tree's growth rushing violently to her head in a lush overhanging which umbrellaed the House of All Sorts.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Life Loves Living,”[1]
- (intransitive) To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.
- (intransitive) To move like a jellyfish.
Anagrams
- umbellar
Maltese
Etymology
Either from English umbrella or from regional Sicilian umbrellu, umbriellu. The final -a points to English (but compare Italian ombrella alongside ombrello). The pronunciation in turn is entirely Romance, meaning that if it is English it must be an early borrowing with a spelling pronunciation (we would now expect *ambrela). Compare also the Semitic plural.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /um?br?lla/
Noun
umbrella f (plural umbrelel)
- umbrella
Romansch
Noun
umbrella f (plural umbrellas)
- (Surmiran, Vallader) umbrella, parasol
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun) paraplievgia
- (Puter) paraplövgia
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) parisol
- (Sutsilvan) prisol
- (Vallader) parasul
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roof
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u?f/, /??f/
- ,
- Rhymes: -?f, -u?f
Etymology 1
From Middle English rof, from Old English hr?f (“roof, ceiling; top, summit; heaven, sky”), from Proto-Germanic *hr?f? (“roof”).
Noun
roof (plural roofs or rooves)
- (architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.
- The top external level of a building.
- The upper part of a cavity.
- (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
- (climbing) An overhanging rock wall
Synonyms
- (cover at top of building): rooftop, tect (obsolete, rare), thatch
- (in a cavity): ceiling
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English rofen, roven (“to roof”), from the noun (see above).
Verb
roof (third-person singular simple present roofs, present participle roofing, simple past and past participle roofed)
- (transitive) To cover or furnish with a roof.
- To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
- (transitive, slang) To put into prison, to bird.
- (transitive) To shelter as if under a roof.
Derived terms
- roofer
- unroof
Translations
Anagrams
- Foor
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch roof, from Old Dutch *r?f, *rouf, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz. More at robe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ro?f/
- Hyphenation: roof
- Rhymes: -o?f
Noun
roof m (plural roven, diminutive roofje n)
- robbery, robbing, banditry, rapine
Derived terms
- bankroof
- broodroof
- lijkroof
- roofdier
- roofridder
Related terms
- rover
Verb
roof
- first-person singular present indicative of roven
- imperative of roven
Middle English
Noun
roof
- Alternative form of rof
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