ashen

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Made from the wood of the ash-tree.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To turn into ash; make or become ashy
2. (ambitransitive) To make or become pale

Sinonieme

pale

livid

pallid

wan

white

ashy

colourless

grey

blanched

bloodless

grayish-white

gray

ash-grey

deathly pale

earth

ash-colored

ash gray

ash-gray

ash-tree

ash-coloured

ash grey

greyish

ashen grey

bleached

cadaveric

cadaverous

cinereous

deathlike

faded

ghastly

grayish

ash

light

off-white

pasty

pasty-faced

Vertalings

cendré

pálido

ceniciento

cinereo

aschfahl

asgrauw

blême

φλαμούρινος

pàl·lid

eschen

terreux

aschgrau

weißglühend

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈæʃ.ən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: asshen

Geërf van Old English: æsċen

Verwante met Skots: aschin

In summary

From Middle English asshen, aisshen, esscen, from Old English æsċen (“made of ashwood”), equivalent to ash + -en (“made or consisting of”). Cognate with Scots aschin, eschin (“ashen”).