Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ombre

 adjective  Etymology: French, past participle of ombrer to shade, from Italian ombrare, from ombra shade, from Latin umbra — more at umbrage  Date: 1893 having colors or tones that shade into each other — used especially of fabrics in which the color is graduated from light to dark  • ~ noun OMBRE  noun  Etymology: French or Spanish; French h~, from Spanish, literally, man — more at h~  Date: circa 1661 an old three-handed card game popular in Europe especially in the 17th and 18th centuries