somber

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑmbɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒmbə/

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somber (comparative somberer, superlative somberest)

1. (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.

somber (third-person singular simple present sombers, present participle sombering, simple past and past participle sombered)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre

• “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.

• Bomers, bromes, ombres, sombre

16th century. From Middle French sombre.

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somber (comparative somberder, superlative somberst)

1. somber (US), sombre (Commonwealth)

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “somber”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute