inflammable
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inflammable
- /ɪnˈflæməbəl/
- [ɪnˈflæməbl̩] ~ [ɪɱˈflæməbl̩]
- [ɪnˈfleə̯məbəl]
- [ɪnˈflɛə̯məbəl]
Where it comes from
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”.
adjective more inflammable · most inflammable · enflammable
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Capable of burning.
Similar: flammable, combustible · Opposite: nonflammable, noninflammable, unflammable, uninflammable, fireproof, incombustible
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Easily set on fire.
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 ea
Similar: flammable · Opposite: nonflammable, noninflammable, unflammable, uninflammable, fireproof, incombustible
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Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.
Similar: hot-headed, quick to anger · Opposite: level-headed, unflappable
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Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire. From in- + flammable, via backformation.
Similar: nonflammable, noninflammable, unflammable, uninflammable, fireproof, incombustible · Opposite: flammable, combustible
noun inflammables · enflammable
- Any inflammable substance.
Translations
Every language
adj capable of burning — see also flammable
| Español | inflamable, combustible |
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| 日本語 | 引火性 inkasei, 可燃 kanen, 可燃性 kanensei |
| 中文 | 易燃的 yìrán de |
| Português | inflamável |
| Français | inflammable |
| Deutsch | brennbar, entflammbar |
| Italiano | infiammabile |
| Ελληνικά | εύλεκτος évlektos, εύφλεκτος éfflektos, αναφλέξιμος anafléximos, ευερέθιστος everéthistos, ανεύφλεκτος anéfflektos, άφλεκτος áflektos |
| Română | inflamabil |
| Русский | легковоспламеня́ющийся lexkovosplamenjájuščijsja, воспламеня́ющийся vosplamenjájuščijsja, горю́чий gorjúčij, огнеопа́сный ogneopásnyj |
adj easily excited
| Русский | вспы́льчивый vspýlʹčivyj |
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Talk about this word "inflammable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/inflammable. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. inflammable. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/inflammable "inflammable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/inflammable.Cite this
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title = {inflammable},
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