umbral

See also: Umbral

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʌmbrəl/

Adjective

umbral (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to an umbra.

Derived terms

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish umbral (“doorstep, threshold”),[1] from Catalan limbrar, from Latin limināris.[2] Doublet of liminar and limiar.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ũˈbɾaw/ [ũˈbɾaʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ũˈbɾal/ [ũˈbɾaɫ]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: um‧bral

Noun

umbral m (plural umbrais)

  1. threshold (area in front of a door)
    Synonyms: limiar, soleira
  2. jamb (upright post that frames a door or window)
    Synonym: ombreira
  3. (Spiritism) a shadowy transitory realm to where immoral spirits are attracted after their physical death
  • umbralino

References
  1. “umbral” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. “umbral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From lumbral.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /umˈbɾal/ [ũmˈbɾal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: um‧bral

Noun

umbral m (plural umbrales)

  1. doorstep; stoop
  2. (figurative) threshold
    • 2020 October 9, “Única alternativa”, in El País‎:
      El Gobierno había fijado en 500 ese umbral, entre otros criterios.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Descendants
  • → Portuguese: umbral

Further reading
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