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ombres chinoises

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
om-bres chi-nois-es
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of shadow puppetry where silhouettes of figures, often cardboard cutouts, are projected onto a screen to tell stories.

Etymology

From French ombres chinoises (literally “Chinese shadows”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does ombres chinoises mean?
A type of shadow puppetry where silhouettes of figures, often cardboard cutouts, are projected onto a screen to tell stories.
Where does ombres chinoises come from?
It is traced to French.

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