"cinereous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /sɪˈnɪəɹi.əs/ Forms: more cinereous [comparative], most cinereous [superlative]
Etymology: Latin cinereus, from cinis, cineris (“ashes”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|cinereus}} Latin cinereus, {{m|la|cinis|cinis, cineris|ashes}} cinis, cineris (“ashes”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} cinereous (comparative more cinereous, superlative most cinereous)
  1. (chiefly ornithology) Of an ash-gray colour. Categories (topical): Ornithology, Greys Synonyms: ashen Translations (colour): пепелявосив (pepeljavosiv) (Bulgarian), popelavý (Czech), tuhkanharmaa (Finnish), hamuszürke (Hungarian), hamuszín (Hungarian), pirau (Indonesian), cinéreo (Portuguese), cenușiu (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-cinereous-en-adj--LKIViq8 Disambiguation of Greys: 41 43 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 49 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 41 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 42 47 10 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology Disambiguation of 'colour': 100 0 0
  2. Like ashes. Categories (topical): Greys Translations (like ashes): пепеляв (pepeljav) (Bulgarian), tuhkamainen (Finnish), tuhka- (Finnish), hamuszerű (Hungarian), cinéreo (Portuguese), cinéreo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cinereous-en-adj-wXLFi553 Disambiguation of Greys: 41 43 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 49 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 42 47 10 Disambiguation of 'like ashes': 2 82 16
  3. Containing ashes. Categories (topical): Greys Translations (containing ashes): tuhkapitoinen (Finnish), hamvas (Hungarian), plin de cenușă (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-cinereous-en-adj-G8bSiJDC Disambiguation of Greys: 41 43 16 Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 42 47 10 Disambiguation of 'containing ashes': 2 15 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cinereous bunting, cinereous tinamou, cinereous tit, cinereous vulture

Alternative forms

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