ombré
See also: ombre
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɒmbɹeɪ/
Noun
ombré (countable and uncountable, plural ombrés)
- (fashion, design) A gradual blending of one color hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark.
- Synonym: gradient
- 2021 February 6, Rachel Monroe, “Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- PrettyLittleThing had hundreds of leggings listed on its website, and I looked at all of them: white faux leather, flame-print mesh, seamless gray ombré.
Further reading
- “ombré”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̃.bʁe/
Audio: (file)
Participle
ombré (feminine ombrée, masculine plural ombrés, feminine plural ombrées)
- past participle of ombrer
Further reading
- “ombré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.