Polyglot Dictionary

cendre

/sɑ̃dʁ/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les cendres

Meaning

  1. ash

    • La cendre couvre la forêt brûlée.

      Ash covers the burned forest.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Asche

Asche is the German word for the same thing — both mean "ash."

Spanish

ceniza

ceniza is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "ash."

Practice

1 What does cendre mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ couvre la forêt brûlée.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cendre?

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