ember
A piece of coal or wood glowing by heatA piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.
» Tom blew on the embers, hoping to get the fire restarted.
Tom blies in die glühende Asche, hoffend, das Feuer wieder zu entfachen.
Meaning
2 sensesA piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.
glühende Kohle, Glut
уголёкugoljók, тле́ющие у́глиtléjuščije úgli, тле́ющие угольки́tléjuščije ugolʹkí
вугі́лляvuhíllja
a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
Smoldering ash.
Examples
17 sentencesTom blew on the embers, hoping to get the fire restarted.
deTom blies in die glühende Asche, hoffend, das Feuer wieder zu entfachen.
We were mesmerized by the pulsating glow of the embers.
He touched ember, his fingers burned.
She walked barefoot over the hot embers.
ruОна босиком шла по горячим углям.
deSie schritt barfuß über die glühenden Kohlen.
The last ember of the fire glowed.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English embre, eymbre, aymer, eymere, emeri, from Old English ǣmyrġe, from ProFrom Middle English embre, eymbre, aymer, eymere, emeri, from Old English ǣmyrġe, from Proto-West Germanic *aimuʀjā, from Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ, a compound of *aimaz + *uzjǭ. The latter is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (“to burn”). The b is intrusive and was added in English for ease of pronunciation when the vowel of the second syllable (y) disappeared.
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