Meanings
comparative more inflammable · superlative most inflammable · alternative rare enflammable
- Capable of burning.
Synonyms: flammable, combustible · Antonyms: nonflammable, noninflammable, unflammable, uninflammable, fireproof, incombustible
- Easily set on fire.
1 more example
On he went a few paces and touched a second, then a third, and a fourth, till at last we were surrounded on all three sides by a great ring of bodies flaring furiously, the material with which they were preserved having rendered them so inflammable that the flames would literally spout out of the ears and mouth in tongues of fire a foot or more in length.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLCSynonyms: flammable · Antonyms: nonflammable, noninflammable, unflammable, uninflammable, fireproof, incombustible
- figurativelyEasily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.
Synonyms: hot-headed, quick to anger · Antonyms: level-headed, unflappable
- nonstandardIncapable of burning; not easily set on fire. From in- + flammable, via backformation.
Synonyms: nonflammable, noninflammable, unflammable, uninflammable, fireproof, incombustible · Antonyms: flammable, combustible
plural inflammables · alternative rare enflammable
- Any inflammable substance.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCapable of burning.
adjectiveEasily set on fire.
adjectiveEasily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.
adjectiveIncapable of burning; not easily set on fire. From in- + flammable, via backformation.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveeasily ignited
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinīnflammāre“to set on fire”
- Medieval Latinīnflammābilis
- Middle Frenchinflammable
- Englishinflammable
From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). By surface analysis, inflame + -able, literally “able to be inflamed”.
More words from Middle French, Medieval Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian запалим
- запалим (zapalim)capable of burning — see also flammable
Catalan inflamable, combustible
- inflamablecapable of burning — see also flammable
- combustiblecapable of burning — see also flammable
Chinese Mandarin 易燃的
- 易燃的 (yìrán de)capable of burning — see also flammable
Czech vznětlivý, zápalný
- vznětlivýcapable of burning — see also flammable
- zápalnýcapable of burning — see also flammable
- hořlavýcapable of burning — see also flammable
Danish brændbar, letantændelig
- brændbarcapable of burning — see also flammable
- letantændeligcapable of burning — see also flammable
Dutch ontvlambaar
- ontvlambaarcapable of burning — see also flammable
Finnish palava, tulenarka
- palavacapable of burning — see also flammable
- tulenarkacapable of burning — see also flammable
- syttyväcapable of burning — see also flammable
- helposti syttyväcapable of burning — see also flammable
- tulineneasily excited
French inflammable
- inflammablecapable of burning — see also flammable
German brennbar, entflammbar
- brennbarcapable of burning — see also flammable
- entflammbarcapable of burning — see also flammable
Greek εύλεκτος, εύφλεκτος
- εύλεκτος (évlektos)capable of burning — see also flammable
- εύφλεκτος (éfflektos)capable of burning — see also flammable
- αναφλέξιμος (anafléximos)capable of burning — see also flammable
- ευερέθιστος (everéthistos)capable of burning — see also flammable
- ανεύφλεκτος (anéfflektos)capable of burning — see also flammable
- άφλεκτος (áflektos)capable of burning — see also flammable
Hungarian gyúlékony
- gyúlékonycapable of burning — see also flammable
Icelandic eldfimur
- eldfimurcapable of burning — see also flammable
Irish adhantach, inadhainte
- adhantachcapable of burning — see also flammable
- inadhaintecapable of burning — see also flammable
- inlastacapable of burning — see also flammable
- so-adhaintecapable of burning — see also flammable
- so-lastacapable of burning — see also flammable
- sochorraitheeasily excited
- soghríosaitheeasily excited
- so-lastaeasily excited
Italian infiammabile
- infiammabilecapable of burning — see also flammable
Japanese 引火性, 可燃
- 引火性 (inkasei)capable of burning — see also flammable
- 可燃 (kanen)capable of burning — see also flammable
- 可燃性 (kanensei)capable of burning — see also flammable
Polish palny
- palnycapable of burning — see also flammable
Portuguese inflamável
- inflamávelcapable of burning — see also flammable
Romanian inflamabil
- inflamabilcapable of burning — see also flammable
Russian легковоспламеня́ющийся, воспламеня́ющийся
- легковоспламеня́ющийся (lexkovosplamenjájuščijsja)capable of burning — see also flammable
- воспламеня́ющийся (vosplamenjájuščijsja)capable of burning — see also flammable
- горю́чий (gorjúčij)capable of burning — see also flammable
- огнеопа́сный (ogneopásnyj)capable of burning — see also flammable
- вспы́льчивый (vspýlʹčivyj)easily excited
Scottish Gaelic loisgeach
- loisgeachcapable of burning — see also flammable
Spanish inflamable, combustible
- inflamablecapable of burning — see also flammable
- combustiblecapable of burning — see also flammable
Swedish lättantändlig, brännbar
- lättantändligcapable of burning — see also flammable
- brännbarcapable of burning — see also flammable
Tagalog takaw-apoy
- takaw-apoycapable of burning — see also flammable
Turkish yanıcı, parlayıcı
- yanıcıcapable of burning — see also flammable
- parlayıcıeasily excited
Cite this entry
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