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ash en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæʃ/
  • [ˈæʃ]
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-der.? Proto-Germanic *askǭ Proto-West Germanic *askā Old English æsce Middle English asshe English ash From Middle English aisshe, asche, ash, asshe, axe, eshe, esk, from Old English acse, asċe, axe, axse, æsċe, from Proto-West Germanic *askā, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (“ash”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to be dry; to burn; hearth; ashes”). Cognates Cognate with Yola ashen, oaskean (“ashes”), Saterland Frisian Ääske (“ash”), West Frisian jiske (“ash”), Alemannic German Äsche (“ash”), Cimbrian èssa (“ash”), Dutch as, asch (“ash”), German Asche (“ash”), Limburgish Aïsch, Aïsche, Äsch (“ash; grayling”), Luxembourgish Äsch (“ash”), Vilamovian oś, oš (“ash”), Yiddish אַש (ash, “ash”), Danish aske (“ash”), Faroese øska (“ash, ashes”), Icelandic and Swedish aska (“ash”), Norwegian Bokmål aske (“ash”), Norwegian Nynorsk oske (“ash”), Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 (azgō, “ash; cinder”); Breton and Cornish ster (“stars”), Welsh sêr (“stars”), Latin āreō (“to be dry or parched; to be dried up or withered”), Greek αστέρας (astéras), αστέρι (astéri), άστρο (ástro, “star”), Armenian աստուճ (astuč), աշտուճ (aštuč, “dry (of bread)”), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭 (star, “star”), Baluchi استار (astár / istár), استال (istál, “star”), Central Kurdish ئەستێرە (estêre, “star”), Northern Kurdish stêr (“star”), Ossetian стъалы (st’aly, “star”), Pashto ستوری (stóray, “star”), Persian سِتَارَه (setāra / sitâre, “star; destiny, fate; spark”), Hittite 𒄩𒀸𒊭𒀀𒀸 (ḫa-aš-ša-a-aš, “fireplace, hearth”), Ashkun istã́ (“star”), Tocharian A āştär (“pure”), Tocharian B astare (“pure”), Sanskrit आस (āsa, “ashes; dust”). The rare plural axen is from Middle English axen, axnen, from Old English axan, asċan (“ashes”) (plural of Old English axe, æsċe (“ash”)).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The solid remains of a fire.
    • The audience was more captivated by the growing ash at the end of his cigarette than by his words.
    • Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil.
    • Ash from the fire floated over the street.
    • The family collected the ashes after burning the body.
    • Ashes from the fire floated over the street.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
  4. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
    • The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet.
  5. (archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable) Mortal remains in general.
    • Napoleon’s ashes are not yet extinguished, and we’re breathing in their sparks.
  6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The aftermath or remains of a catastrophe.
    • Now, it's Haiti that needs help to rebuild and rise from the ashes [of an earthquake]. 2010 May 6, Jean-Claude Laguerre, “Haiti Will Rise From the Ashes”, in The Epoch Times:
  7. (countable, uncountable) A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.
  8. (countable, uncountable) The resultant remaining more stable patterns that emerge from the evolution of a soup or a similarly random pattern.

Forms

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Deriveds

ashfield · ash-blond · ash pan · ashery · ash-throated crake · ash stand · ash gray · acid-ash · ash bread · ashcake · ashtray · potash · satinash · pearlash · ash cash · ash cake · ash-red · Ash Monday · ashflow · ash-throated flycatcher · ash-colored · ashman · Ash Wednesday · deash · ashbin · ash blond · ash-hopper · ultramarine ash · ashpan · ashen · ashdump · ash grey · ash-blonde · volcanic ash · ashweed · ash pumpkin · lime-ash · bone ash · ash-hole · ash blonde · ash-coloured · ashhole · soda ash · ash heap of history · ash-heap-cake · ashfall · ash gourd · ash-heap · ashy · ashlike · ashless · pearl-ash · fly ash · ashpit · pearl ash · the Ashes · ashcan · flash the ash · ash pit

Synonyms

cremains (cremation remains)

Translations (303)

bg пе́пел (solid remains of a fire) · zh хуэй (solid remains of a fire) · tt көл (solid remains of a fire) · kyi abew (solid remains of a fire) · mn ᠦᠨᠡᠰᠦ (solid remains of a fire) · ln putulu (solid remains of a fire) · wa cinde (solid remains of a fire) · vec sènere (solid remains of a fire) · ro scrum (solid remains of a fire) · el τέφρα (solid remains of a fire) · es favila (solid remains of a fire) · mnc ᡶᡠᠯᡝᠩᡤᡳ (solid remains of a fire) · lij çenee (solid remains of a fire) · os ӕртхутӕг (solid remains of a fire) · eve хултэн (solid remains of a fire) · cu попелъ (solid remains of a fire) · inh чил (solid remains of a fire) · brg po'ip (solid remains of a fire) · aii ܩܸܛܡܵܐ (solid remains of a fire) · ro cenușă (solid remains of a fire) · th เถ้า (solid remains of a fire) · ks سوٗر (solid remains of a fire) · eo cindro (solid remains of a fire) · rsk ґар (solid remains of a fire) · sa भस्म (solid remains of a fire) · ru пе́пел (solid remains of a fire) · tzm ⵉⵖⴷ (solid remains of a fire) · shn တဝ်ႈ (solid remains of a fire) · bn ছাই (solid remains of a fire) · gl borralla (solid remains of a fire) · hy մոխիր (solid remains of a fire) · grc σποδός (solid remains of a fire) · rap ikuvera (solid remains of a fire) · ceb abo (solid remains of a fire) · cu ⱂⰵⱂⰵⰾⱏ (solid remains of a fire) · syl ꠍꠣꠟꠤ (solid remains of a fire) · et tuhk (solid remains of a fire) · hil abu (solid remains of a fire) · ne खरानी (solid remains of a fire) · ml ചാരം (solid remains of a fire) · ota كول (solid remains of a fire) · mn үнс (solid remains of a fire) · el στάχτη (solid remains of a fire) · wbp puna (solid remains of a fire) · str K̵OYEĆ (solid remains of a fire) · nl as (solid remains of a fire) · vo zen (solid remains of a fire) · fr cendre (solid remains of a fire) · nrf chendre (solid remains of a fire) · kum кюл (solid remains of a fire) · mns-nor хӯльм (solid remains of a fire) · cst júki' (solid remains of a fire) · kk күл (solid remains of a fire) · sw jivu (solid remains of a fire) · pt cinzas (solid remains of a fire) · te బూడిద (solid remains of a fire) · oc cendre (solid remains of a fire) · agj ሀመድ (solid remains of a fire) · iba abu (solid remains of a fire) · aot thapyra (solid remains of a fire) · rgn zéndra (solid remains of a fire) · pa ਸੁਆਹ (solid remains of a fire) · gld пунэктэн (solid remains of a fire) · ba көл (solid remains of a fire) · xnb abu (solid remains of a fire) · zne kuke (solid remains of a fire) · ar رَمَاد (solid remains of a fire) · la afa (solid remains of a fire) · gag kül (solid remains of a fire) · ga luaithreamhán (solid remains of a fire) · mdf кулу (solid remains of a fire) · bop kweʌk (solid remains of a fire) · ca cendre (solid remains of a fire) · mt irmied (solid remains of a fire) · got 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 (solid remains of a fire) · si අළු (solid remains of a fire) · rup cinushi (solid remains of a fire) · br ludu (solid remains of a fire) · fi tuhka (solid remains of a fire) · su lebu (solid remains of a fire) · tdd ᥖᥝ (solid remains of a fire) · cy lludw (solid remains of a fire) · pam abu (solid remains of a fire) · ny phulusa (solid remains of a fire) · fo øska (solid remains of a fire) · ace abée (solid remains of a fire) · sq hi (solid remains of a fire) · sro cinixu (solid remains of a fire) · hi राख (solid remains of a fire) · lo ເທົ່າ (solid remains of a fire) · mr राख (solid remains of a fire) · tpi sit bilong faia (solid remains of a fire) · it cenere (solid remains of a fire) · lmo zener (solid remains of a fire) · yag afwa (solid remains of a fire) · om daaraa (solid remains of a fire) · an senra (solid remains of a fire) · ang æsċe (solid remains of a fire) · km កំញម (solid remains of a fire) · iba amau (solid remains of a fire) · ccc kajchijpe (solid remains of a fire) · sh пе̏пео (solid remains of a fire) · hsb popjeł (solid remains of a fire) · lbe лах (solid remains of a fire) · gl cinsa (solid remains of a fire) · pms sëner (solid remains of a fire) · sah күл (solid remains of a fire) · wmw rivu (solid remains of a fire) · pdt Ausch (solid remains of a fire) · dgc abu (solid remains of a fire) · de Äsche (solid remains of a fire) · pap shinishi (solid remains of a fire) · ttt хокистэр (solid remains of a fire) · fy jiske (solid remains of a fire) · uz kul (solid remains of a fire) · mos tompeglem (solid remains of a fire) · kgp mrẽj (solid remains of a fire) · udm пень (solid remains of a fire) · mba abu (solid remains of a fire) · frp cindra (solid remains of a fire) · udi йекъ (solid remains of a fire) · lmw wíilok (solid remains of a fire) · ta சாம்பல் (solid remains of a fire) · ki mũhu (solid remains of a fire) · cv кӗл (solid remains of a fire) · wuh ta (solid remains of a fire) · az kül (solid remains of a fire) · sdn chixina (solid remains of a fire) · tl abo (solid remains of a fire) · jv awu (solid remains of a fire) · grc κόνις (solid remains of a fire) · hu hamu (solid remains of a fire) · wym(solid remains of a fire) · ia cinere (solid remains of a fire) · sdn cinus (solid remains of a fire) · io cindro (solid remains of a fire) · he אֵפֶר (solid remains of a fire) · rue попіль (solid remains of a fire) · rhg sai (solid remains of a fire) · sa आस (solid remains of a fire) · zea asse (solid remains of a fire) · rsk пирня (solid remains of a fire) · mi pokorehu (solid remains of a fire) · ady яжьэ (solid remains of a fire) · mk пе́пел (solid remains of a fire) · lez руьхъ (solid remains of a fire) · sva ქა̈მ (solid remains of a fire) · akl abo (solid remains of a fire) · mel dabou (solid remains of a fire) · tab рюкъ (solid remains of a fire) · ca cendra (solid remains of a fire) · sm lefulefu (solid remains of a fire) · mww tshauv (solid remains of a fire) · as ছাই (solid remains of a fire) · uk зола́ (solid remains of a fire) · is aska (solid remains of a fire) · myv кулов (solid remains of a fire) · tyv хүл (solid remains of a fire) · ky күл (solid remains of a fire) · ar رَماد (solid remains of a fire) · gd luath (solid remains of a fire) · wym(solid remains of a fire) · am አመድ (solid remains of a fire) · sk popol (solid remains of a fire) · ka ფერფლი (solid remains of a fire) · ga luaithreach (solid remains of a fire) · ny chipala (solid remains of a fire) · be зала́ (solid remains of a fire) · sdc chixina (solid remains of a fire) · eu errauts (solid remains of a fire) · la cinis (solid remains of a fire) · gur tãmpɛglʋm (solid remains of a fire) · dsb popjeł (solid remains of a fire) · tk kül (solid remains of a fire) · ill umbi (solid remains of a fire) · ckb خۆڵەمێش (solid remains of a fire) · khb ᦑᧁᧈ (solid remains of a fire) · tum phulusa (solid remains of a fire) · bdk рехъ (solid remains of a fire) · nb aske (solid remains of a fire) · izh tuhka (solid remains of a fire) · ur راکھ (solid remains of a fire) · ka ნაცარი (solid remains of a fire) · orv попелъ (solid remains of a fire) · ru зола́ (solid remains of a fire) · nap cènnera (solid remains of a fire) · bug awu (solid remains of a fire) · mg lavènona (solid remains of a fire) · ilo dapo (solid remains of a fire) · ch apu (solid remains of a fire) · sc chixina (solid remains of a fire) · lt pelenai (solid remains of a fire) · mn нурам (solid remains of a fire) · cu пепелъ (solid remains of a fire) · ms ابو abu (solid remains of a fire) · khv йулӏу (solid remains of a fire) · vec sènare (solid remains of a fire) · egy i-t:n:nw*W-fnD:Z2 (solid remains of a fire) · zu umlotha (solid remains of a fire) · tr kül (solid remains of a fire) · ett 𐌚𐌀𐌑𐌄𐌍𐌀 class inanimate (solid remains of a fire) · bkt mputulu (solid remains of a fire) · btx abu (solid remains of a fire) · ar سَكَن (solid remains of a fire) · sdc chisgina (solid remains of a fire) · krc кюл (solid remains of a fire) · mi pungarehu (solid remains of a fire) · alt кӱл (solid remains of a fire) · qu uchpa (solid remains of a fire) · lmw póotel (solid remains of a fire) · yue(solid remains of a fire) · pjt unu (solid remains of a fire) · tet kadesan (solid remains of a fire) · lnj ibhi (solid remains of a fire) · ruq tșănușă (solid remains of a fire) · mrw ombi (solid remains of a fire) · or ପାଉଁଶ (solid remains of a fire) · ast ceniza (solid remains of a fire) · pox püpel (solid remains of a fire) · av рахъу (solid remains of a fire) · lb Äsch (solid remains of a fire) · ms دولي duli (solid remains of a fire) · cu ⱂⱁⱂⰵⰾⱏ (solid remains of a fire) · pl popiół (solid remains of a fire) · njo-jgl aut (solid remains of a fire) · ht sann (solid remains of a fire) · ug كۈل (solid remains of a fire) · ko(solid remains of a fire) · chr ᎪᏍᏚ (solid remains of a fire) · nl asse (solid remains of a fire) · zh(solid remains of a fire) · kn ಬೂದಿ (solid remains of a fire) · sh pȅpeo (solid remains of a fire) · scn cinnri (solid remains of a fire) · vi tro (solid remains of a fire) · ms لبو lebu (solid remains of a fire) · kbd сахуэ (solid remains of a fire) · yi אַש (solid remains of a fire) · kl arsat (solid remains of a fire) · dlm canaisa (solid remains of a fire) · aa gombod (solid remains of a fire) · kw lusu (solid remains of a fire) · gl cinza (solid remains of a fire) · rm tschendra (solid remains of a fire) · ti ሓሙኽሽቲ (solid remains of a fire) · orv пепелъ (solid remains of a fire) · be по́пел (solid remains of a fire) · cs popel (solid remains of a fire) · es ceniza (solid remains of a fire) · cjs кӱл (solid remains of a fire) · bo གོ་ཐལ (solid remains of a fire) · arw balisi (solid remains of a fire) · tg хокистар (solid remains of a fire) · xkl abu (solid remains of a fire) · rup cinushe (solid remains of a fire) · gu રાખ (solid remains of a fire) · sg pupuru (solid remains of a fire) · lv pelni (solid remains of a fire) · ivb avo (solid remains of a fire) · ce чим (solid remains of a fire) · nn oske (solid remains of a fire) · ab аццышә (solid remains of a fire) · gd luaithre (solid remains of a fire) · haw lehu (solid remains of a fire) · av мухӏур (solid remains of a fire) · mi rehu (solid remains of a fire) · bej n'eethaash (solid remains of a fire) · arc ܩܛܡܐ (solid remains of a fire) · dar палда (solid remains of a fire) · sw majivu (solid remains of a fire) · mni ꯎꯠ (solid remains of a fire) · grc τέφρα (solid remains of a fire) · nv łeeshchʼih (solid remains of a fire) · rif iɣed (solid remains of a fire) · yka abu (solid remains of a fire) · ar رماد (solid remains of a fire) · crh kül (solid remains of a fire) · ms دبو debu (solid remains of a fire) · de Asche (solid remains of a fire) · sv aska (solid remains of a fire) · ln mputulu (solid remains of a fire) · luy likokhe (solid remains of a fire) · ja(solid remains of a fire) · abq хъва (solid remains of a fire) · id abu (solid remains of a fire) · uk по́піл (solid remains of a fire) · ltg palni (solid remains of a fire) · my ပြာ (solid remains of a fire) · wyi maneep (solid remains of a fire) · fur cinise (solid remains of a fire) · za daeuh (solid remains of a fire) · ty rehu (solid remains of a fire) · sl pepel (solid remains of a fire) · mn ᠨᠤᠷᠮ᠎ᠠ (solid remains of a fire) · oj bingwi (solid remains of a fire) · kmr xwelî (solid remains of a fire) · da aske (solid remains of a fire) · sce funiesun (solid remains of a fire) · mdh umbi (solid remains of a fire) · ga luaith (solid remains of a fire) · csb pòpiół (solid remains of a fire) · gl borrallo (solid remains of a fire) · fa خاکِسْتَر (solid remains of a fire)

Source: en.wiktionary, “ash” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ash en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæʃ/
  • [ˈæʃ]
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-der.? Proto-Germanic *askǭ Proto-West Germanic *askā Old English æsce Middle English asshe English ash From Middle English aisshe, asche, ash, asshe, axe, eshe, esk, from Old English acse, asċe, axe, axse, æsċe, from Proto-West Germanic *askā, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (“ash”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to be dry; to burn; hearth; ashes”). Cognates Cognate with Yola ashen, oaskean (“ashes”), Saterland Frisian Ääske (“ash”), West Frisian jiske (“ash”), Alemannic German Äsche (“ash”), Cimbrian èssa (“ash”), Dutch as, asch (“ash”), German Asche (“ash”), Limburgish Aïsch, Aïsche, Äsch (“ash; grayling”), Luxembourgish Äsch (“ash”), Vilamovian oś, oš (“ash”), Yiddish אַש (ash, “ash”), Danish aske (“ash”), Faroese øska (“ash, ashes”), Icelandic and Swedish aska (“ash”), Norwegian Bokmål aske (“ash”), Norwegian Nynorsk oske (“ash”), Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 (azgō, “ash; cinder”); Breton and Cornish ster (“stars”), Welsh sêr (“stars”), Latin āreō (“to be dry or parched; to be dried up or withered”), Greek αστέρας (astéras), αστέρι (astéri), άστρο (ástro, “star”), Armenian աստուճ (astuč), աշտուճ (aštuč, “dry (of bread)”), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭 (star, “star”), Baluchi استار (astár / istár), استال (istál, “star”), Central Kurdish ئەستێرە (estêre, “star”), Northern Kurdish stêr (“star”), Ossetian стъалы (st’aly, “star”), Pashto ستوری (stóray, “star”), Persian سِتَارَه (setāra / sitâre, “star; destiny, fate; spark”), Hittite 𒄩𒀸𒊭𒀀𒀸 (ḫa-aš-ša-a-aš, “fireplace, hearth”), Ashkun istã́ (“star”), Tocharian A āştär (“pure”), Tocharian B astare (“pure”), Sanskrit आस (āsa, “ashes; dust”). The rare plural axen is from Middle English axen, axnen, from Old English axan, asċan (“ashes”) (plural of Old English axe, æsċe (“ash”)).

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
    • Ash and silica contents of the plant material were determined by classical gravimetric techniques. Tissue samples were ashed in platinum crucibles at about 500 °C, and the ash was treated repeatedly with 6 N hydrochloric acid to remove other mineral impurities. 1989?, Annals of Botany, volume 64, issues 4-6, page 397
    • A 10-g food sample was dried, then ashed, and analyzed for salt (NaCl) content by the Mohr titration method (AgNO₃ + Cl → AgCl). The weight of the dried sample was 2g, and the ashed sample weight was 0.5g. 2010, S. Suzanne Nielsen, ed, Food Analysis, fourth edition, Chapter 12, "Traditional Methods for Mineral Analysis", page 213
    • I dried the extracted leather very slowly on the steam bath […] until the substance was dry enough to ash. […] I think that the discrepancy in the percentages of "total ash" by method No. 2 and No. 6 is due to this excessive heat required to ash the leather […] 1919, Harry Gordon, Total Soluble and Insoluble Ash in Leather, published in the Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association, W. K. Alsop and W. A. Fox, eds, volume XIV, number 1, on page 253
    • The inorganic material left after ashing lung tissue specimens not only contains inhaled particles but also very large quantities of inorganic residue derived from the tissue itself. 1981, Hans Weill, Margaret Turner-Warwick, and Claude Lenfant, eds, Occupational Lung Diseases: Research Approaches and Methods, Lung Biology in Health and disease, volume 18, page 203
  2. (Australia, ambitransitive) To hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).
    • He realized that he was standing staring at her and he sat down quickly, making a business of ashing his cigarette. 1961, Kenneth Cook, Wake in Fright, published 1988, page ii. 52:
    • "Nonsense," Mrs. Gardiner challenged, ashing her cigarette. 1936, F.J. Thwaites, The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards Publishing, published 1940, page 62:
    • ‘He’s right, you know,’ said Archie earnestly, ashing a fag in an empty curry bowl. 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 242:
    • Hamilton ashed his cigar, and studied the end of it for some moments without speaking. 1978, C.J. Koch, The Year of Living Dangerously, published 1986, page 35:
  3. (qualifier:chiefly passive voice, transitive) To mark (someone) with an ashen cross on the forehead to observe Ash Wednesday.
  4. (obsolete, qualifier:chiefly passive voice) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
    • After the corn was planted, upon acre A, I spread broadcast one hundred bushels of lime, (cost $3) and fifty bushels of ashes, (cost $6.) […] The extra crop of the combination over the limed acre or ashed, was paid by the increased crop, […] 1849, in a letter to James Higgins, published in 1850 in The American Farmer, volume V, number 7, pages 227-8
    • Last spring, after I planted, I took what ashes I have saved during the last year, and put on my corn […] . On harvesting I cut up the two rows which were not ashed (or twenty rods of them,) and set them apart from the others in stouts; and then I cut up two rows of the same length, on each side, which had been ashed, […] 1847, H., Ashes on Corn.---An Experiment, published in the Genesee Farmer, volume 8, page 281

Forms

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ashed Tense=Past lexicographic
ashes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ashing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (11)

fi tuhkata (to cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes) · si නවදැලි හේන (to cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes) · fi karistaa tuhka (to hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette) · fi karistaa tuhkat (to hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette) · de abaschen (to hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette) · de aschen (to hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette) · de veraschen (to reduce to a residue of ash) · fi hehkuttaa (to reduce to a residue of ash) · fi piirtää tuhkaristi (to mark with an ashen cross to observe Ash Wednesday) · pl posypywać popiołem (to mark with an ashen cross to observe Ash Wednesday) · ml ചാരമാവുക (to reduce to a residue of ash)

Source: en.wiktionary, “ash” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ash en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæʃ/
  • [ˈæʃ]
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English aissh, asch, asche, ashe, assche, assh, asshe, esch, haish, from Old English æsċ, from Proto-West Germanic *ask, from Proto-Germanic *askaz (“ash”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s- (“ash”). Cognates Cognate with Scots aish (“ash”), North Frisian eskebuum (“ash”), West Frisian esk (“ash”), Cimbrian ess (“ash”), Dutch es (“ash”), German Esche (“ash”), Limburgish èsj (“ash”), Luxembourgish Esch (“ash”), Yiddish אַשבוים (ashboym, “ash”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ask (“ash”), Faroese ask, askur (“ash”), Icelandic askur (“ash”); also Welsh onn, ynn (“ash”), Latin ornus (“rowan”), Greek οξιά (oxiá, “beech; wood”), Albanian ah (“beech”), Latgalian ūss (“ash”), Latvian osis (“ash”), Lithuanian uosis (“ash”), Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian я́сень (jásenʹ, “ash”), Bulgarian я́сен (jásen, “ash”), Czech jasan (“ash”), Macedonian јасен (jasen, “ash”), Polish jasion, jesion (“ash”), Serbo-Croatian ја̏се̄н, jȁsēn (“ash”), Slovak jaseň (“ash”), Slovene jésen (“ash”), Armenian հացի (hacʻi, “ash”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
    • The ash trees are dying off due to emerald ash borer.
    • The woods planted in ash will see a different mix of species.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Any tree of certain species of other genera.
  3. (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
    • English soldiers handled sturdy bows of yew, ash, or elm, which could propel an iron-tipped arrow as far as a hundred yards. 1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 155:
  4. (countable, uncountable) The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.

Forms

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Deriveds

Späth's ash · singleleaf ash · stinking ash · red ash · Afghan ash · Ashbrook (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · Manchurian ash · Illawarra ash · ash-leaved maple · ashling (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · blueberry ash · Ashford (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · Japanese flowering ash · ash quandong (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · ash weevil (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · water ash · Ash Fork (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · red ash · Arizona ash · Mountain Ash (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · Himalayan manna ash · poison ash · Claret ash · river ash · Chinese ash Korean ash · narrow-leafed ash · Four Ashes (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · ashplant (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · Shamel ash · Chihuahua ash · claret ash · common ash · crow's ash · prickly ash · Pallis' ash · Oregon ash · ashwood (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · manna ash · Caucasian ash · Gregg's ash · white ash · tropical ash · Bunge's ash · Mexican ash · blue ash · Ash Flat (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · two-petal ash · European ash · Knotty Ash (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · Lowell ash · narrow-leaf ash · flowering ash · fragrant ash · ash-leaf (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · mountain ash · Korean ash · world-ash (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · yellow ash · Nash (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · clash of the ash (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · weeping ash · scrub ash (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · Griffith's ash · Ashley (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · Eight Ash Green (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · Texas ash · Florida clover ash (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · Cape ash · black ash · American ash · Five Ashes (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · California ash · Goodding's ash · Moreton Bay ash · raywood ash · ash-leaf maple · Modesto ash · ash dieback (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · green ash · velvet ash · ash grove (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · ash borer (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · Biltmore ash · Carolina ash · Ashleigh (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · Barkston Ash (Other terms derived from "ash" (the tree)) · Japanese ash · pumpkin ash

Relateds

æsh · æsc

Synonyms

ash tree

Translations (34)

sh jasenovina (wood) · bg ясен (wood) · ar دَرْدَار (wood) · fr frêne (wood) · cs jasanové dřevo (wood) · et saar (wood) · fr e dans l'a (ae ligature) · no ask (wood) · de Eschenholz (wood) · ja トネリコ材 (wood) · fo askviður (wood) · bg аш (ae ligature) · zh 桉树材 (wood) · el φλαμούρι (wood) · zh 桉樹材 /桉树材 (wood) · eu lizarki (wood) · is æ (ae ligature) · da asketræ (wood) · fo ask (wood) · pt freixo (wood) · el μελιά (wood) · da æ (ae ligature) · it frassino (wood) · ru я́сень (wood) · es fresno (wood) · tr dişbudak (wood) · fi saarni (wood) · sl jesen (wood) · la frāxinus (wood) · sv ask (wood) · pl jesion (wood) · fi æ-merkki (ae ligature) · nl essenhout (wood) · fo æ (ae ligature)

Source: en.wiktionary, “ash” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ash en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæʃ/
  • [ˈæʃ]
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Transliteration of Persian آش.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of aush.
    alt of aush
Source: en.wiktionary, “ash” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ash en · ADV · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæʃ/
  • [ˈæʃ]
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable) Abbreviation of as hell or as heck.

Relateds

cinerary · Yggdrasil

Synonyms

asf · asl