incombustible

English

WOTD - 23 August 2006    

Etymology

From in- + combust + -ible.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

incombustible (comparative more incombustible, superlative most incombustible)

1. Not capable of catching fire and burning; not flammable.
   • 1921, Charles Kenneth Leith, The Economic Aspect of Geology‎, page 124:

     The ash represents the more incombustible mineral matter, usually of the nature of clay or slate.

Antonyms

• (not flammable): combustible, flammable (US), inflammable (UK)

Translations

not flammable

Catalan: incombustible (ca) Czech: nehořlavý (cs) German: unbrennbar, unverbrennbar, feuersicher

Kurdish: neşewit (ku), nesoj (ku), agirnegir (ku) Spanish: incombustible (es)

Noun

incombustible (plural incombustibles)

1. Any substance that is not flammable.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin incombustibile.

Adjective

incombustible m. and f. (plural incombustibles)

1. Not capable of catching fire and burning; not flammable.

Antonyms

• combustible

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incombustibĭle.

Adjective

incombustible m. and f. (plural incombustibles)

1. Not capable of catching fire and burning; not flammable.

Antonyms

• combustible