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noun, feminine

ombrelle

/ɔ̃.bʁɛl/

noun, feminine/ɔ̃.bʁɛl/plural: ombrelles

parasol; umbrella (the main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles)

Elle était sur le seuil; elle alla chercher son ombrelle, elle l'ouvrit. L'ombrelle, de soie gorge de pigeon, que traversait le soleil, éclairait de reflets mobiles la peau blanche de sa figure.

Borrowed from Italian ombrello, ombrella, from Late Latin umbrella, or formed from ombre + -elle, based on Latin umbella (whence French ombelle was borrowed), from umbra (“shade”). See ombre.