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Dictionary: em·ber   (ĕm'bər) pronunciation

n.
  1. A small, glowing piece of coal or wood, as in a dying fire.
  2. embers The smoldering coal or ash of a dying fire.

[Middle English embre, from Old English ǣmerge.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
  Synonym: coal


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - glød, sidste, rest

Nederlands (Dutch)
sintel, smeulende as, smeulende herinneringen/ gevoelens, ijsduiker

Français (French)
n. - morceau de braise, charbon ardent

Deutsch (German)
n. - Glut

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χωνεμένο ή μισοκαμένο κάρβουνο, (πληθ.) θράκα, χόβολη

Italiano (Italian)
tizzone, brace

Português (Portuguese)
n. - brasa (f)

Русский (Russian)
тлеющие угольки, неугасшие чувства

Español (Spanish)
n. - escoria, carbonilla, brasa, ascua, rescoldo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - glödande kål

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
灰烬, 余烬

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 灰燼, 餘燼

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 타다 남은 불

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - おき, 燃えさし

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جمرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גחלת, אפר, משקע של פעילות קודמת‬


 
 
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