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sombre [sɔ̃bʀ]adjectivea. ( = obscur, foncé) [ciel, nuit, pièce] dark• bleu/vert sombre dark blue/greenc. (valeur intensive) sombre idiot/brute absolute idiot/brute* * *sɔ̃bʀ1) ( obscur) darkvert/rouge sombre — dark green/red
2) ( triste) [pensée, avenir, période] dark, black; [tableau, conclusion] depressing, grim; [air, personne, visage] solemn, sombre [BrE]d'un air sombre — [annoncer] in a sombre [BrE] tone; [regarder] gloomily
3) (colloq) ( déplorable) (before n) [crétin, brute] absolute; [affaire] murky* * *sɔ̃bʀ adj1) (pièce, forêt) dark2) (couleur) dark3) fig (air, ton) sombre Grande-Bretagne somber USA gloomy, (description, réalité, avenir) sombre Grande-Bretagne somber USA gloomyles idées sombres (= le cafard) — dark thoughts
* * *sombre adj2 ( triste) [pensée, avenir, période] dark, black; [tableau, conclusion] depressing, grim; [air, personne, visage] solemn, sombreGB; une sombre vision du monde a gloomy ou depressing view of the world; une période sombre s'annonce pour eux things are looking gloomy for them; d'un air sombre sombrelyGB, gloomily;3 ○( déplorable) (before n) [crétin, brute] absolute; [affaire] murky; c'est une sombre histoire d'inceste it's a grim story of incest;4 Ling [voyelle] dark.[sɔ̃br] adjectif1. [pièce, ruelle, couleur, robe] dark[avenir, perspectives] gloomyles jours les plus sombres de notre histoire the gloomiest ou darkest days of our historyc'est une sombre crapule/un sombre crétin he's the scum of the earth/a prize idiot4. LINGUISTIQUE [voyelle] dark
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