cendre

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See also: cendré

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French cendre, from Old French cendre, from Latin cinerem, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (dust, ashes).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃dʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

cendre f (plural cendres)

  1. ash (of fire, etc.)
  2. (in the plural) mortal remains

Derived terms

Participle

cendre

  1. inflection of cendrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

From Latin cinerem, accusative of cinis.

Noun

cendre oblique singularf (oblique plural cendres, nominative singular cendre, nominative plural cendres)

  1. ash (of fire, etc.)

Descendants

  • Bourguignon: çarre
  • French: cendre
  • Lorrain: cent
  • Norman: chendre (Jersey, Guernsey)
  • Picard: chaine
  • Walloon: cinde

Spanish

Verb

cendre

  1. inflection of cendrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative