infernal

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/ X-SAMPA: /In"f3:(r\)n@l/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl

Etymology

Old English, from Old French, from Late Latin infernalis, from infernus (“hell”)

Adjective

infernal (comparative more infernal, superlative most infernal)

1. Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
2. (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
3. Stygian, gloomy.
4. Diabolical or fiendish.
5. (UK, as an expletive, not vulgar) Very annoying; damned.

Related terms

• infernally
• infernal machine
• inferno

Antonyms

• (of or relating to hell): heavenly

Translations

Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish

• Dutch: hels, infernaal
• Finnish: helvetillinen (fi)

• French: infernal (fr)

  Old French: infernal

by extension: of or relating to a great fire or inferno

• Dutch: infernaal (nl)

stygian, gloomy

diabolical or fiendish

• Dutch: duivels, hels, infernaal

• Finnish: pirullinen (fi)

UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned

• Dutch: hels, infernaal

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• German: höllisch, Höllen-, infernalisch

• Spanish: infernal

Noun

infernal (plural infernals)

1. (obsolete) An inhabitant of the infernal regions.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Etymology

From Latin infernalis

Adjective

infernal m (feminine infernale, masculine plural infernaux, feminine plural infernales)

1. infernal (relating to hell)
2. (figuratively) infernal, hellish, awful, terrible

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin infernalis

Adjective

infernal m (feminine infernale)

1. infernal (relating to hell)

Declension

  Declension of infernal  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	infernals, infernaus, infernax	infernale	infernal
	Oblique	infernal	infernale	infernal
Plural	Subject	infernal	infernales	infernal
	Oblique	infernals, infernaus, infernax	infernales	infernal

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin infernalis

Pronunciation

• IPA: /in.fɛr.nal/

Adjective

infernal m and f (plural infernales)

1. infernal

Related terms

• infierno