somber
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑmbɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒmbə/
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Adjective edit
somber (comparative somberer, superlative somberest)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre
- 2002, Dirk Wittenborn, Fierce People:
- My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.
Verb edit
somber (third-person singular simple present sombers, present participle sombering, simple past and past participle sombered)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre
References edit
- “somber”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “somber”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Adjective edit
somber (comparative somberder, superlative somberst)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of somber | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | somber | |||
| inflected | sombere | |||
| comparative | somberder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | somber | somberder | het somberst het somberste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | sombere | somberdere | somberste |
| n. sing. | somber | somberder | somberste | |
| plural | sombere | somberdere | somberste | |
| definite | sombere | somberdere | somberste | |
| partitive | sombers | somberders | — | |