How to Say "Ashtray" in French

cendrier

/sɑ̃.dʁi.je/masculine

The French word for ashtray is cendrier.

An ashtray is a receptacle for ashes.

Meaning: receptacle for ashes (noun)

What does it mean word for word?

The word cendrier is composed of cendre (ash) and the suffix -ier, which denotes a container or tool for a substance.

The plural form of cendrier is cendriers.

/sɑ̃.dʁi.je/

The French term cendres is often used poetically to refer to the remains of a cremated person, making cendrier a potentially heavy word in funeral contexts.
While smoking is banned indoors, the cendrier remains a symbolic icon of the traditional French 'terrasse' cafe culture.
In French, the word cendrier can describe a large industrial ash-pit for a boiler or furnace, not just a small table-top dish.

J'ai cassé ton cendrier.
I broke your ashtray.
This sentence is useful for describing the action of breaking a cendrier.
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Le cendrier est rempli de mégots.
The ashtray is full of butts.
This sentence is useful for describing a cendrier that is full of cigarette butts.
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Donne-moi un cendrier, s'il te plaît.
Please give me an ashtray.
This sentence is useful for requesting a cendrier.
Tatoeba #6462971 by Aiji, translation #593547 by CK
Est-ce que vous avez un cendrier, s'il vous plaît?
Do you have an ashtray, please?
Je mets ma cigarette dans le cendrier.
I put my cigarette in the ashtray.
Pouvez-vous vider le cendrier, s'il vous plaît?
Could you empty the ashtray, please?
Tu as un cendrier de poche?
Do you have a pocket ashtray?
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Léa and Gabriel are on a balcony.

Léa

Où est le cendrier, Gabriel ?
Where is the ashtray, Gabriel?
Gabriel

Il est sur la petite table.
It is on the small table.
Léa

Je ne le vois pas ici.
I don't see it here.
Gabriel

Ah, j'ai oublié de sortir le cendrier.
Ah, I forgot to put the ashtray out.

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