arson

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ)sən/

Noun

arson (countable and uncountable; plural arsons)

1. (uncountable) The 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.

2. (countable) An instance of such a crime.

Translations

crime of setting a fire

• Bulgarian: палеж (bg) (palež) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放火 (cmn) (fànghuǒ), 縱火 (cmn), 纵火 (cmn) (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 doloso (it)
• Japanese: 放火 (ja) (ほうか, hōka)
• Korean: 방화 (ko) (banghwa) (放火 (ko))
• Polish: podpalenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: incêndio criminoso
• Russian: поджог (ru) (podžóg) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: палеж (sh) m

  Roman: palež (sh) m

• Spanish: ‎incendio provocado m, ‎incendio premeditado m
• Swedish: mordbrand (sv) c

See also

• incendiary

Anagrams

• roans
• sonar
• sorna

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Old French

Etymology

From the verb ardre, ardoir, from 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.)