n., pl. -bras or -brae (-brē).

1. A dark area, especially the blackest part of a shadow from which all light is cut off. See synonyms at shade.
2. Astronomy.
   1. The completely dark portion of the shadow cast by the earth, moon, or other body during an eclipse.
   2. The darkest region of a sunspot.

[Latin, shadow.]

umbral um'bral adj.

noun

Comparative darkness that results from the blocking of light rays: penumbra, shade, shadow, umbrage. See light/darkness.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - umbra

Nederlands (Dutch)
(slag-/kern)schaduw, umbra (schaduwkegel), schim

Français (French)
n. - ombre, (Phys) pénombre, fantôme, spectre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kernschatten, Umbra

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αστρον., φυσ.) σκιά

Italiano (Italian)
ombra

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sombra (f), cone de sombra (m) (Astron.), núcleo (m) (de mancha solar)

Русский (Russian)
тень, призрак, чья-л. тень, постоянный спутник

Español (Spanish)
n. - cono de sombra, sombra, pichihuén

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kärnskugga (astron.), umbra

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
影, 暗影, 本影

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 影, 暗影, 本影

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 그림자, 암영부

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 影, 影法師, 暗影部, 本影

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ظل, فيء, ضباب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צל, ערפל, החלק המרכזי הכהה של כתם-שמש, צל כדור הארץ או הירח בעת ליקוי חמה, אורח של אורח‬

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Umbra	Umbra Flip Hook
Umbra Malta	Umbra Malta Hook