ashen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæʃ.ən/

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• Rhymes: -æʃən

Etymology 1

From Middle English asshen, aisshen, esscen, from Old English æsċen (“made of ashwood”), equivalent to ash +‎ -en (“made or consisting of”). Cognate with Scots aschin, eschin (“ashen”).

Adjective

ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen)

1. Made from the wood of the ash-tree.

   An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.

Translations

made of ash-wood

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梣木製／梣木制

• Finnish: saarnipuinen
• German: eschen (de)
• Greek: μέλινος (el) (mélinos)

  Ancient: μέλινος (mélinos)

• Icelandic: úr eski (is)
• Irish: fuinseach
• Japanese: トネリコ材製の (tonerikozaisei no)
• Latin: fraxineus
• Old English: esċen
• Polish: jesionowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: de freixo

Etymology 2

From Middle English asshen, axen (“ash-colored; pale; lifeless”), equivalent to ash +‎ -en (“made or consisting of”).

Adjective

ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen)

1. Of or resembling ashes.

   A fine, ashen dust hung in the air.

2. Ash-colored; pale; anemic

   His ashen face belied his claims of good health.

3. Appalled; upset.
4. Anaemic.

Synonyms

• ashy, cineraceous, cinereous
• (sickly pale): See also Thesaurus:pallid

Derived terms

• ashen-faced

Translations

of or resembling ashes

• Bulgarian: пепеляв (bg) (pepeljav)
• Czech: popelavý (cs)
• Finnish: tuhkainen
• French: cendré (fr)
• Japanese: 灰の (hai no)
• Latin: cineraceus, cinereus, cinericius
• Polish: popielaty (pl)
• Portuguese: cinéreo (pt)
• Romanian: cenușiu (ro)

ash-colored; pale

• Czech: bledý (cs), sinalý (cs)
• Finnish: kelmeä (fi)
• French: cendré (fr), cendreux (fr)
• Greek: σταχτής (el) (stachtís)
• Latin: cinereus, cineraceus, cinericius
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: askegrå

• Polish: blady (pl)
• Scottish Gaelic: bàn-ghlas
• Spanish: ceniciento (es), lívido (es), pálido (es)

Etymology 3

From ash +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Verb

ashen (third-person singular simple present ashens, present participle ashening, simple past and past participle ashened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To turn into ash; make or become ashy
2. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become pale

Anagrams

• Ehsan, Haens, Hanes, Hanse, Sanhe, Shane, Shean, hanse, heans

Yola

Alternative forms

• oaskean

Etymology

From Middle English asshen, asken, from Old English æsċe, from Proto-West Germanic *askā, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːˈʃiːn/, /ɔːˈskiːn/

Noun

ashen

1. ashes

   Synonym: ameal

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 23