ashen

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæʃ.ən/ Rhymes: -æʃən === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Adjective ==== ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen) Made from the wood of the ash-tree. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English asshen, axen (“ash-colored; pale; lifeless”). By surface analysis, ash +‎ -en (“made or consisting of”). ==== Adjective ==== ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen) Of or resembling ashes. Ash-colored; pale; anemic Appalled; upset. Anaemic. ===== Synonyms ===== ashy, cineraceous, cinereous (sickly pale): See also Thesaurus:pallid ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From ash +‎ -en (verbal suffix). ==== Verb ==== ashen (third-person singular simple present ashens, present participle ashening, simple past and past participle ashened) (ambitransitive) To turn into ash; make or become ashy (ambitransitive) To make or become pale === Anagrams === Ehsan, Haens, Hanes, Hanse, Sanhe, Shane, Shean, hanse, heans == Yola == === Alternative forms === oaskean === Etymology === From Middle English asshe, from Old English æsċe, from Proto-West Germanic *askā, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaʃən/ === Noun === ashen ashes Synonym: ameal === References ===