sombre
Definition of the French term sombre in music:
- dark, gloomy
Language
French
Singular
sombre
Plural
sombres
Combinations
French musical terms that include sombre:
- timbre sombre – dark timbre, dark tone
Musical examples
Music scores that include sombre:
- Guy Ropartz: Quatre Odelettes (1913) Page 8
Related terms
French musical terms related to sombre:
- calme et morne – calm and gloomy
- lugubre – gloomy, dismal, lugubrious
- morne – gloomy, dreary