umbrella
English
/ʌmˈbɹɛlə/, /ˈʌmbɹɛlə/
noun
Definitions
- Cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
- 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) An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ombrella derived from Latin umbrella, umbra (shadow, shade, a shade).
Origin
Latin
umbra
Gloss
shadow, shade, a shade
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
陰, 影
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bird English
- exumbrella English
- exumbrellar English
- subumbrella English
- umbra English
- umbratious English
- umbrellabird English
- umbrellaed English
- umbrellaless English
- umbrellalike English
- *solumbra Latin
- *subumbrāre Latin
- umbella Latin
- umbra Latin
- umbraticus Latin
- umbrella Latin
- ombra Italian
- ombrella Italian
- ombrello Italian
- ombre French
- ombrelle French
- umbra Norwegian Nynorsk
- umbra Danish
- ombre Old French
- onbre Old French
- ombrelo Esperanto
- ombro Esperanto
- ombrel·la Catalan, Valencian
- ombre Galician
- umbră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ymbarél Welsh
- sol Old Portuguese
- soombra Old Portuguese
- soombrar Old Portuguese
- aumbrã Aromanian
- umbrella Maltese
- solombra Asturian
- sombra Asturian
- isambulela Zulu
- ombre Friulian
- ombrî Friulian
- ombra Old Occitan
- solombra Old Spanish
- umbrellu Sicilian
- onbria Venetian
- ambrela Tok Pisin
- *omra Old Latin
- selombra Mirandese
- amburera Shona
- ambulera Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja