cinereous

English

Etymology

Latin cinereus, from the stem ciner- meaning ashes.

Adjective

cinereous (comparative more cinereous, superlative most cinereous)

Of an ash-gray colour.

cinereous colour:
Like ashes.
Containing ashes.

Translations

colour

Bulgarian: пепелявосив (pepeljavosiv)
Czech: popelavý (cs)
Finnish: tuhkanharmaa

Portuguese: cinéreo (pt)
Romanian: cenușiu (ro)

like ashes

Bulgarian: пепеляв (bg) (pepeljav)
Finnish: tuhkamainen, tuhka- (fi)

Portuguese: cinéreo (pt)

containing ashes

Finnish: tuhkapitoinen

Romanian: plin de cenușă

See also

Appendix:Colors

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