ember

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English [edit]

embers

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old English ǣmyrge, from Proto-Germanic *aim-uzjon; see also Swedish mörja (“embers”), Danish emmer, Old High German eimuria (“pyre”); the b is intrusive and was added in English for ease of pronunciation when the vowel of the second syllable (y) disappeared; from Proto-Germanic *aima (“ashes”), ultimately from two Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to burn:" *h₂eidʰ- ‘burn; fire’ - (compare Old High German eit (“funeral pile”), Welsh aidd (“zeal, heat”), Old Irish aed (“fire”), Sanskrit इन्ध (“burst into flames”), Ancient Greek αιτηειν (“to burn”); and *uzjo (“to burn”), from *eus (“to burn”); see also Latin urere (“to singe, burn”).

Noun [edit]

ember (plural embers)

  1. A glowing piece of coal or wood.
  2. Smoldering ash.
Translations [edit]
glowing piece of coal or wood
smoldering ash

See also [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Middle English ymber (“running around, circuit”)

Adjective [edit]

ember (not comparable)

  1. Making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.
    ember fasts
    ember days
    ember weeks

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams [edit]

Hungarian [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Unknown origin, poss. a Finno-Ugric compound.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈɛmbɛr/
  • Hyphenation: em‧ber

Noun [edit]

ember (plural emberek)

  1. human, man or woman

Declension [edit]

declension of ember
singular plural
nominative ember emberek
accusative embert embereket
dative embernek embereknek
instrumental emberrel emberekkel
causal-final emberért emberekért
translative emberré emberekké
terminative emberig emberekig
essive-formal emberként emberekként
essive-modal - -
inessive emberben emberekben
superessive emberen embereken
adessive embernél embereknél
illative emberbe emberekbe
sublative emberre emberekre
allative emberhez emberekhez
elative emberből emberekből
delative emberről emberekről
ablative embertől emberektől
possessives of ember
possessor singular possession plural possession
1st person sing. emberem embereim
2nd person sing. embered embereid
3rd person sing. embere emberei
1st person plural emberünk embereink
2nd person plural emberetek embereitek
3rd person plural emberük embereik

Derived terms [edit]

Compound words
Expressions

Indonesian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Dutch emmer.

Noun [edit]

ember

  1. bucket
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