How to pronounce umber
American English pronunciation
UM-ber
- IPA
- /ˈʌmbɚ/
- Syllables
- UM · ber (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What umber means
A dark brown earth used to color paint
In a sentence: The artist mixed umber into the paint to make the tree trunks look shadowy.
Where it comes from: It comes from the French words for "earth of shade," from a Latin word for shadow.
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