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cenușă

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cenușă¹

Where it comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cinusia, from Latin cinus, a less common variant of cinis (“ashes”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”). Compare Aromanian cinushi.

noun cenuși · cenușă · cenușa · cenușile

  1. feminine ash
  2. feminine cinder

Cenușă²

Where it comes from

From cenușă.

proper noun lui Cenușă

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • ash solid remains of a fire

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"cenușă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/cenu%C8%99%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

cenușă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cenu%C8%99%C4%83

Chicago

"cenușă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cenu%C8%99%C4%83.

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@misc{cenus_a_2026,
  title = {cenușă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cenu%C8%99%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}