Ombre means shading gradually from dark to light. Ombre hair, an ombre effect, dyed ombre.
It is used most in hair colouring and in fabric, where the change is gradual enough that no line shows. The French means shade or shadow, and it is properly written with an accent as ombre.
1adjectiveombreShading gradually from dark to light.
“She dyed her hair ombre, dark brown at the roots and blonde at the tips.”
ombre is a quality.
French ombre means shade or shadow, from Latin umbra.
French
hombre
English, today
ombre
Borrowed from French hombre. Borrowed from French hombre, from Spanish hombre, literally, a man, from Latin homō. a doublet of gome and hombre and homo and omi. See human.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA