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ombre ombré

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ombre /ˈɒmbə, ˈɒmbreɪ/

▶noun a trick-taking card game for three people using a pack of forty cards, popular in the 17th–18th centuries.

– origin from Sp. hombre ‘man’, with ref. to one player seeking to win the pool.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ombré /ˈɒmbreɪ/

▶adjective (of a fabric) having a design in which the colour is graduated from light to dark.

– origin Fr., past part. of ombrer ‘to shade’.

'ombre' also found in these Oxford entries:

matador - ombré - spadille - umber

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