cendre

See also: cendré

French

Etymology

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.)

Derived terms

• cendrier

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

• French: cendre
• Norman: chendre (Jersey, Guernsey)
• Walloon: cinde

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Spanish

Verb

cendre

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cendrar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cendrar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cendrar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cendrar.