cendrée

noun

Grey, ashen; the blazoning term for grey.

Meanings

nouncendrée (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountablegovernmentGrey, ashen; the blazoning term for grey.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchcendré
  2. Middle Frenchcendré
  3. Englishcendrée

Borrowed from Middle French cendré (“ashen”).

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Translations

French cendrée
  • cendréegrey colour (noun)
German eisenfarbe
  • eisenfarbegrey colour (noun)
Italian cenerino
  • cenerinogrey colour (noun)
Portuguese cendrée
  • cendréegrey colour (noun)
Spanish cenizo
  • cenizogrey colour (noun)
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APA

cendrée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cendr%C3%A9e

MLA

“cendrée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cendr%C3%A9e. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cendrée,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cendr%C3%A9e.

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