comble

From French comble. Doublet of cumulus.

comble (plural combles)

1. (heraldry) A band along the top part of the shield, half the height of the chief.

• clombe

Inherited from Old French cumble, inherited through a Vulgar Latin form *cumlu(s) from Latin cumulus. Doublet of cumulus, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃bl/

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comble m (plural combles)

1. summit, peak (of a building)
2. (figuratively) pinnacle
3. overabundance; overload
4. (heraldry) comble

• de fond en comble

comble (plural combles)

1. packed, heaving, crowded

   Le stade est comble.

   The stadium is packed.

• archicomble
• faire salle comble

• “comble”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French comble.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkomble/ [ˈkõm.ble]
• Rhymes: -omble
• Syllabification: com‧ble

comble m (plural combles)

1. (heraldry) comble