Ombra is an Italian equivalent of 'shadow'. It's a feminine noun whose definite article is 'la' ['the'], and whose indefinite article is 'una' ['a, one']. It's pronounced 'OHM-brah'.
Figura luminosa
2. Italian and English
The term for interplay of light and shadow is chiaroscuro.
There are different Italian words that are comparable with the English word 'shadow' (noun), e.g.# ombra, shade/shadow# pedinatore, a follower, i.e. one who follows another like a dog (on foot?)# segno, a sign, mark, indication etc# traccia, a trace, or shadow-like mark# spettro, a spectre, ghost# fantasma, a spectre, ghostAlso, for the English verb 'to shadow', you could use one of these Italian verbs:* pedinare, to tail, to follow like a dog * ombreggiare, to shade, or shade in * oscurare, to obscure, to overshadow, to darken... depending on what you actually want to say. Capisce Lei? ombra
It is an Italian word, influenced by the Latin name Umbella. meaning Sunshade, (or in English, a shelter from the rain)
Umbrella comes from the Italian language. It is derived from the Italian word ombrella.
black shadow in... German: schwarzen Schatten French: ombre noire Italian: ombra nera Danish: sort skygge Welsh: cysgod du Greek: μαύρη σκιά
Latin has the words umbella and umbraculum, both of which are formed from umbra, "shadow", and mean "parasol". Umbella is literally "little shadow" and umbraculum a "shadow device".Note that the Latin umbella is spelled without the 'r' of umbra. The Italian word ombrello, which is the immediate source of English "umbrella", comes from umbellabut acquired an 'r' during its development, through the influence of umbra.
In Hawaiian, you say "ka-shadow" for the word "shadow."
A tree's shadow does not have light. Anytime you are in the shadow of another object your body has no shadow of its own.
Shadow as a mirror of the soul, shadow as the hidden self, shadow as a companion in darkness, and shadow as a reminder of the presence of light.
Fire: Water, Shadow Water: Storm, Shadow Storm: Ice, Shadow Plant: Fire, Shadow Ice: Fire, Shadow Shadow: Astral Astral: NONE