cendre

See also: cendré

French

Etymology

From Middle French cendre, from Old French cendre, from Latin cinerem, accusative of cinis, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃dʁ/

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Noun

cendre f (plural cendres)

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

Derived terms

• cendrier
• mercredi des Cendres
• réduire en cendres
• renaître de ses cendres

Participle

cendre

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

Further reading

• “cendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin cinerem, accusative of cinis.

Noun

cendre oblique singular, f (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

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Spanish

Verb

cendre

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