## Meanings
1. A folding frame covered in cloth that you hold over your head to keep off rain or sun.
2. Something that covers or includes a wide range of different things.
3. Covering or including many similar things or groups at once.

## Examples
- Quick, grab that umbrella before you get rained on!
- The new test was set up under the umbrella of the company's quality program.
- Several charities work together under one umbrella organization.

## Synonyms
- bumbershoot
- chatra
- chatta
- gamp
- parapluie
- rainshade
- umbershoot

## Derived Forms
- cumbrella
- exumbrella
- exumbrellar
- jumbrella
- subumbrella
- subumbrellar
- umbrella-cover
- umbrella-leaf
- umbrellabird
- umbrellaless
- umbrellalike
- umbrellar

## Related Forms
- awning
- bumbershoot
- gamp
- parasol
- shield
- umbra
- umbrel
- umbrere

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: umbella

## Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ombrella (“parasol, sunshade”), from Late Latin umbrella (influenced by umbra (“shadow, shade”)), from Latin umbella, from umbra + -la (diminutive suffix).

## AI Etymology
Umbrella is borrowed from Italian ombrella (“parasol, sunshade”), from Late Latin umbrella (influenced by umbra (“shadow, shade”)), from Latin umbella, from umbra + -la (diminutive suffix). The historical line also includes Latin umbella. In present-day use, it can mean a folding frame covered in cloth that you hold over your head to keep off rain or sun, or something that covers or includes a wide range of different things. Derived formations include cumbrella, exumbrella, exumbrellar, jumbrella, subumbrella, subumbrellar, umbrella-cover, umbrella-leaf.

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