ashtray

See also: ash-tray

English

An ashtray made of glass

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-der.?

Proto-Germanic *askǭ

Proto-West Germanic *askā

Old English æsce

Middle English asshe

English ash

Proto-Germanic *trawją

Proto-West Germanic *trawi

Old English trēġ

Middle English trey

English tray

English ashtray

From ash +‎ tray. Compare German Aschenbecher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæʃ.tɹeɪ/, /ˈæʃ.tɹeɪ/

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Noun

ashtray (plural ashtrays)

2. A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.

   Near-synonym: ash stand

Related terms

• ashbin
• ashcan (noun)

Translations

receptacle for ashes

• Afrikaans: asbak
• Albanian: taketuke (sq) f, tavllë (sq) f, hinore (sq) f
• Arabic: مِنْفَضَة f (minfaḍa), طَفَّايَة f (ṭaffāya)

  Egyptian Arabic: طَفَّاية f (ṭaffāya)

  Hijazi Arabic: طَفَّاية f (ṭaffāya)

  Moroccan Arabic: سندرية (sandriyya)

  North Levantine Arabic: مَنْفَضَة f (manfaḍa)

  South Levantine Arabic: متكّة f (matakka, mtakke), مكتة f (makatte, mkatte), طَفَّاية f (ṭaffāya)

• Armenian: մոխրաման (hy) (moxraman)
• Azerbaijani: külqabı
• Belarusian: по́пельніца f (pópjelʹnica)
• Bengali: এশট্রে (bn) (eśoṭre)
• Breton: ludueg (br)
• Bulgarian: пепелни́к (bg) m (pepelník)
• Burmese: ပြာခွက် (my) (prahkwak)
• Catalan: cendrer (ca) m
• Chechen: чимтосург (čimtosurg)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 煙灰缸 / 烟灰缸 (jin¹ fui¹ gong¹), 煙灰盅 / 烟灰盅 (jin¹ fui¹ zung¹)

  Hokkien: 薰觳仔 (hun-khok-á)

  Mandarin: 煙灰缸 / 烟灰缸 (zh) (yānhuīgāng), 煙灰碟 / 烟灰碟 (yānhuīdié)

• Chuvash: кӗллӗх (kĕllĕh)
• Czech: popelník (cs) m
• Danish: askebæger (da) n
• Dutch: asbak (nl) m
• Esperanto: cindrujo
• Estonian: tuhatoos (et)
• Faroese: øskubikar n, øskutrygil m
• Finnish: tuhkakuppi (fi)
• French: cendrier (fr) m
• Galician: cinseiro (gl) m, cinceiro (gl) m
• Georgian: საფერფლე (saperple)
• German: Aschenbecher (de) m
• Greek: τασάκι (el) n (tasáki), σταχτοδοχείο (el) n (stachtodocheío)
• Greenlandic: arsaajaavik, arsakoorfik
• Hebrew: מַאֲפֵרָה (he) f (maaferá)
• Hindi: राखदानी f (rākhdānī), ऐशट्रे f (aiśaṭre)
• Hungarian: hamutartó (hu)
• Icelandic: öskubakki m
• Ido: cindruyo (io)
• Indonesian: asbak (id)
• Ingush: чилтувсарг (čiltuvsarg)
• Interlingua: cineriera
• Irish: luaithreadán m
• Italian: portacenere (it) m, posacenere (it)
• Japanese: 灰皿 (ja) (はいざら, haizara)
• Kazakh: күлдеуіш (küldeuış), күлсалғыш (külsalğyş), күл сауыт (kül sauyt)
• Khmer: ចានគោះបារី (caan kŭəh baarəy)
• Korean: 재떨이 (ko) (jaetteori)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: teblîk (ku), xwelîdank (ku)

• Kyrgyz: пепельница (pepelnitsa), тамекинин күлүн салгыч (tamekinin külün salgıc)
• Ladino: sandriye
• Lao: ອັນເຂັ່ຽຂີ້ກອກຢາ (ʼan khīa khī kǭk yā), ອັນໂຄະຂີ້ຢາ (ʼan kho khī yā)
• Latvian: pelnu trauks m
• Lithuanian: peleninė f
• Macedonian: пе́пелник m (pépelnik)
• Malay: asbak
• Māori: oko pungarehu
• Marathi: अ‍ॅशट्रे m (a‍ĕśaṭre)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: үнсний сав (ünsnii sav)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: askebeger (no) n

  Nynorsk: oskebeger n, oskefat n

• Osage: 𐓩𐓣̄𐓸𐓪́𐓲𐓪̄𐓻𐓶 (nīxócōžu)
• Pashto: ايرنۍ (ps) f (iranᶕy), خاکسترداني f (xākestardāni)
• Persian:

  Dari: خَاکِسْتَرْدَانِی (xākistardānī)

  Iranian Persian: زیرْسیگاری (zirsigâri)

• Pohnpeian: aisara
• Polish: popielniczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cinzeiro (pt) m
• Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: scrumieră (ro) f
• Russian: пе́пельница (ru) f (pépelʹnica)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: gutnalihtti, gutnagohppu

• Scottish Gaelic: soitheach-luaithre f
• Serbo-Croatian: cenerìjēra (sh) f (regional), ašenbeher (sh) f (regional), pìksla (sh) f

  Cyrillic: пепѐљара f

  Latin: pepèljara (sh) f

• Sicilian: pusacìnniri m
• Sinhalese: අළුතැටිය (aḷutæṭiya)
• Slovak: popolník m
• Slovene: pepelnik (sl) m
• Spanish: cenicero (es) m
• Swedish: askkopp (sv) c, askfat (sv) n
• Tagalog: abuhan (tl), titisan
• Tajik: хокистардон (tg) (xokistardon)
• Thai: ที่เขี่ยบุหรี่ (tîi-kìia-bù-rìi)
• Tibetan: ཐ་མ་རྡབ་ས (tha ma rdab sa), ཐ་མག་བརྡབ་ས (tha mag brdab sa)
• Turkish: küllük (tr), tabla (tr), kül tablası (tr), sigara tablası (tr)
• Turkmen: küldan
• Ukrainian: попільни́чка f (popilʹnýčka)
• Urdu: اَیش ٹْرے f (aiś ṭre)
• Uyghur: كۈلدان (küldan)
• Uzbek: kuldon (uz)
• Vietnamese: gạt tàn thuốc, gạt tàn (vi)
• Welsh: plat lludw, blwch llwch m
• Yiddish: אַשטעצל n (ashtetsl)
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

See also

• cinerary urn

Verb

ashtray (third-person singular simple present ashtrays, present participle ashtraying, simple past and past participle ashtrayed)

1. (transitive) To use an ashtray.

   to ashtray a cigarette

Related terms

• ashcan (verb)