ember

See also: Ember

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛm.bə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛm.bɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmbə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From 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.

See also Old High German eimuria (“pyre”), Danish emmer, Swedish mörja (“embers”).

Noun

ember (plural embers)

2. A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.
3. Smoldering ash.

Derived terms

• ember attack
• ember-goose
• emberless
• emberlike

Translations

glowing piece of coal or wood

Arabic: جَمْرَة f (jamra) Armenian: մարմրող ածուխ (marmroġ acux), պող (hy) (poġ) Avar: тӏуччи (tʼučči) Azerbaijani: köz (az) Belarusian: вуго́льчык m (vuhólʹčyk), жарынка f (žarynka) Bulgarian: жар (bg) f (žar) Catalan: brasa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 餘燼 / 余烬 (zh) (yújìn) Czech: žhavý (cs) uhlík (cs) m Danish: glød c Dutch: sintel (nl), hete kolen Esperanto: braĝo, ardaĵo Faroese: glóð f Finnish: kekäle (fi) French: brandon (fr) m, braise (fr) f, tison (fr) m Galician: brasa f, rescaldo m, remol m, ascua f Georgian: მღვივარი ნახშირი (mɣvivari naxširi), ცხელი ნაცარი (cxeli nacari), ნეკვერჩხალი (neḳverčxali) German: glühende Kohle f; (collectively) Glut (de) f Greek: θράκα (el) f (thráka) Ancient: ζώπυρον n (zṓpuron) Hausa: garwashi Hebrew: רֶמֶץ (he) m (rémets), גַּחֶלֶת (he) f (gakhélet) Hindi: शोले (śole), अंगारा (hi) f (aṅgārā) Hungarian: zsarátnok (hu), izzó fa(darab)/​széndarab, parázs (hu) Icelandic: glóð f Ido: brezo (io) Indonesian: bara (id) Ingrian: kekele Irish: aibhleog f, aibhleog dhearg f, splanc f, smeachóid f, sméaróid f, smól m Italian: brace (it) f Japanese: 種火 (ja) (tanebi), 余燼 (ja) (よじん, yojin), 残り火 (のこりび, nokoribi) Javanese: mawa Kazakh: қоламта (kk) (qolamta) Khmer: រងើក (km) (rɔŋəək) Korean: 등걸불 (deunggeolbul) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: پۆل (pol), پِشکۆ (pişko), سکِڵ (skill) Northern Kurdish: pel (ku) Lao: ຖ່ານໄຟ (lo) (thān fai) Latin: favilla (la) f, prūna f Lithuanian: žarija f Macedonian: жар f (žar) Maguindanao: waga Malay: bara (ms) Malayalam: കനൽ (ml) (kanal), തീക്കനൽ (ml) (tīkkanal), തീക്കട്ട (ml) (tīkkaṭṭa) Mansaka: baga Maori: ngoungou, konga, konga Maranao: baga, waga Middle English: glede Mongolian: цог (mn) (cog), халууни нурам (xaluuni nuram) Ngazidja Comorian: kaya Norwegian: Bokmål: glo (no) m or f Nynorsk: glo f Occitan: brasa (oc) f Old Javanese: wa Persian: خاکه زغال نیمسوز, شعله (fa), اخگر (fa) (axgar) Polish: żar (pl) m Portuguese: brasa (pt) f Romanian: tăciune (ro) f Russian: уголёк (ru) m (ugoljók), тле́ющие у́гли m pl (tléjuščije úgli), тле́ющие угольки́ m pl (tléjuščije ugolʹkí), жар (ru) m (žar) Serbo-Croatian: ugarak (sh), žeravica (sh) f, žar (sh) m Slovak: žeravý uhlík m Spanish: brasa (es) f, ascua (es) f, rescoldo (es) m, rescaldo (es) m (disused), borrajo m Swedish: glöd (sv) c Tagalog: baga (tl) Tamil: கங்கு (ta) (kaṅku) Tarifit: tirjet f Thai: แสงไฟในเศษฟืน (săeng fai nai sèt feun), ถ่านที่ยังคุอยู่ (tàan têe yang kóo yòo), เถ้าที่ยังคุกกรุ่นอยู่ (tâo têe yang kóok gròon yòo) Turkish: kor (tr), köz (tr) Udi: цӏил (c̣il) Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎎𐎗 (gmr) Ukrainian: вугі́лля n (vuhíllja) Urdu: شعلے (śole) Venetan: brónza f Vietnamese: than hồng Welsh: marworyn m Western Bukidnon Manobo: baɣa

smoldering ash — see embers

See also

• embers

Etymology 2

From Middle English embryne (“running around, circuit”), from Old English ymbryne (“course; circuit”). Spelling changed through folk etymology. By surface analysis, umb- +‎ run.

Adjective

ember (not comparable)

1. (religion) Making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.

   ember fasts

   ember days

   ember weeks

Derived terms

• ember months

References

• “ember”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• EBMer, berme, breme