From en.wiktionary.org:
[Cinder]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], [enm], [enm], from [en], from [en], from [en], [gem-pro],
from [en]. Cognate with [sco], [fy], [fy], [nl], [gml], [gml], [de], [da],
[sv], [is], [cu]. Spelling (_c-_ for _s-_) influenced by unrelated [fr].
[en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. Partially or mostly burnt material that result s from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; [it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions] .
2. * [en]
3. An ember .
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1730 | author=w:Jonathan Swift | title=s:The Lady's Dressing Room
|passage=If from adown the hopeful chops<br>The fat upon the CINDER
drops,<br>To stinking smoke it turns the flame,<br>Poisoning the flesh from
whence it came}}
1. Slag from a metal furnace .
2. [en] Any strong stimulant added to tea , soda water , etc.
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1846 | author=Catherine Grace Frances Gore | title=Selected Works | volume=2 | page=9
|passage=Oh, horrid proposition! One would imagine, Tom, that you had been a
coal-heaver. Had you said soda and CINDER, I would have seconded the
motion.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2021 | author=Glenda Young | title=The Miner's Lass
|passage=She'd sit by the fire, arms crossed, demanding that Ruby spike her
tea with a CINDER. But Ruby would never give in to her demands, no matter how
much her mam begged. There was no alcohol in the house now; Arthur had made
sure of that in an effort to get Mary sober.}}
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Descendants
- [cy]
**** Translations
[partially or mostly burnt material]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] [partially burnt] , [fi] [ash]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey, Guernsey]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
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[ember]
[slag from a metal furnace]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
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- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr] , [tr] , [tr]
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**** See also
{{col|en |tinder }}
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To reduce to cinders.
2. [en] To cover with cinders.
**** Related terms
{{col|en |sinter#Verb }}
**** Translations
[to reduce something to cinders]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
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*** See also
- [en]
- [en]
*** Anagrams
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