cinis

Meaning

1. (declension-3, feminine, masculine) cold ashes
2. (declension-3, feminine, figuratively, masculine) ruins of a burned city

Concepts

ash

ashes

cinder

gammer

old woman

grave-mound

barrow

embers

tumulus

burial mound

ruin

cinders

Synonyms

favilla

spodium

ruina

cineres

Translations

Asche

cenere

cendre

as

cinza

ceniza

cendra

kül

στάχτη

τέφρα

cinzas

رماد

cendres

asse

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkɪ.nɪs]

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *kenis, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust, ash”), Sanskrit कण (kaṇa, “particle, small grain of dust or rice”), and Tocharian B kentse.