arson

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Anglo-Norman and Old French arson, from the verb ardoir, from Latin ardeō. Compare ardent

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)sən

Noun

arson (plural arsons)

1. A crime of setting a fire with intent to cause damage.
   • 2006, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Killer Smile, Part two, p.34

     Arson, like we thought. three punks doused a car, lit it, and took off.

Translations

crime of setting a fire

Bulgarian: палеж (bg) (palež) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 放火 (zh) (fànghuǒ), 縱火 (zh), 纵火 (zh) (zònghuǒ) Czech: žhářství (cs) n. Dutch: brandstichting (nl) f. Esperanto: brulkrimo (eo) Estonian: süütamine (et) Finnish: tuhopoltto (fi) French: incendie criminel (fr) m. German: Brandstiftung (de) f. Greek: εμπρησμός (el) (emprismós) m. Hebrew: הַצָּתָה (he) (hatzatá) f. Hindi: आगज़नी (hi) (āgzanī) f.

Hungarian: gyújtogatás (hu) Italian: incendio (it) Japanese: 放火 (ja) (ほうか, hōka) Korean: 방화 (ko) (banghwa) (放火 (ko)) Polish: podpalenie n. Portuguese: incêndio criminoso Russian: поджог (ru) (podžóg) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: палеж (sh) m. Roman: palež (sh) m. Spanish: incendio provocado m. Swedish: mordbrand (sv) c.

See also

• incendiary

Anagrams

• roans
• sonar
• sorna

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Anglo-Norman

Noun

arson m. (oblique plural arsons, nominative singular arsons, nominative plural arson)

1. Alternative form of arsun.

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Old French

Etymology

From the verb ardre, ardoir > Latin ardeō

Noun

arson m. (oblique plural arsons, nominative singular arsons, nominative plural arson)

1. burning; fire
2. arson
3. sunburn
4. burn (on the skin, etc.)