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Dictionary translations for "cendre"

la cendre f noun

pl. cendres

ash [æʃ] (substance)

La maison a été réduite en cendres.

The house was burned to ashes.

cendré adjective

cendré / cendrée / cendrés / cendrées

ash [æʃ] (caractéristique physique - couleur)

Un lapin cendré apparut et dès que je m'approchai, il sauta et retourna dans les bois en courant.

An ash-colored rabbit appeared and as soon as I drew near, it hopped and ran into the woods again.

grey [ɡreɪ] (gris clair)

Phrases with "cendre" (4)

couleur de cendre - ashen
cendre de cigarette - cigarette ash
pomme de terre cuite sous la cendre - potato baked in the embers
truffes sous la cendre - truffles wrapped in pastry or foil

Contexts with "cendre"

La maison a été réduite en cendres. The house was burned to ashes.

Notre école a été réduite en cendres. Our school was reduced to ashes.

La maison fut réduite en cendres par l'incendie. The fire reduced the house to ashes.

Le grand incendie réduisit toute la ville en cendres. The big fire reduced the whole town to ashes.

Le feu a réduit le village en cendres dans son intégralité. The fire reduced the whole village to ashes.

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