Meanings
adjectivenonflammable (not comparable)
alternative non-flammable
- not comparableNot combustible.
- not comparableNot easily set on fire.
nounnonflammable (plural nonflammables)
plural nonflammables · alternative non-flammable
- Any nonflammable substance.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveimpossible to ignite
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Englishflammable
- Englishnonflammable
Translations
Bulgarian незапалим
- незапалим (nezapalim)not combustible
Finnish palamaton
- palamatonnot combustible
French ininflammable
- ininflammablenot combustible
German unbrennbar, nichtbrennbar
- unbrennbarnot combustible
- nichtbrennbarnot combustible
Greek άκαυστος, μη εύφλεκτος
- άκαυστος (ákafstos)not combustible
- μη εύφλεκτος (mi éfflektos)not combustible
- άφλεκτος (áflektos)not combustible
- μη αναφλέξιμος (mi anafléximos)not combustible
Irish dolasta, doloiscthe
- dolastanot combustible
- doloiscthenot combustible
- neamh-inlastanot combustible
Cite this entry
APA
nonflammable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonflammable
MLA
“nonflammable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonflammable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonflammable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonflammable.
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