ombre, ombré(e), ombreux (-euse)

l'ombre, ombré(e), ombreux (-euse) (FR N-F) shadow, darkness created by a solid body's blocking of light; representation of shadow in painting; darkness; secret; unknown (ADJ) shadowy; obscure. First appears in French in 980 spelled umbre, from Latin umbra. (Apollinaire, Bourget, Brimont, Desnos, Eluard, Hugo, Klingsor, Laurencin, Leconte de Lisle, Le Roy, Lhermite, Mendès, Racine, Ravel, Ronsard, Samain, van Lerberghe, Verlaine, Villiers de l'Isle Adam, Vilmorin)