burnt

English

Alternative forms

• burned

Etymology

burn +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːnt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɜɹnt/

• Audio (US):

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Verb

burnt

1. (chiefly Commonwealth, UK) simple past and past participle of burn

Adjective

burnt (comparative more burnt, superlative most burnt)

1. Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
2. (of food) Carbonised.

   The toast was too burnt to eat.

3. (of a person) Having a sunburn.
4. (of a colour) Being darker than standard, especially browner.

Usage notes

The word burnt as the simple past and past participle of burn is largely a UK usage, but the word burnt as an adjective is by no means restricted to the UK.

Translations

damaged or injured by fire or heat

• Arabic: مَحْرُوق (maḥrūq), مُحْتَرِق (muḥtariq)
• Bashkir: янған (yanğan)
• Greek:

  Ancient: καυστός (kaustós)

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• Hebrew: שָׂרוּף (sarúf)
• Maori: mahunu
• Sanskrit: उष्ट (sa) (uṣṭa)
• Telugu: దగ్ధము (te) (dagdhamu)

carbonized

• Bashkir: көйгән (köygən), янған (yanğan)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 燶／㶶 (nung¹), 㶶 (nung¹)

• Dutch: verbrand (nl)
• Finnish: palanut (fi)
• French: brûlé (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: καυστός (kaustós)

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• Latin: ustus
• Portuguese: queimado (pt)
• Romanian: ars (ro)
• Russian: горе́лый (ru) (gorélyj), жжёный (ru) (žžónyj), сгоре́вший (ru) (sgorévšij), вы́жженный (ru) (výžžennyj) (scorched)
• Swedish: bränd (sv)
• Telugu: మాడు (te) (māḍu)

sun-burned

• Bashkir: янған (yanğan)
• Finnish: palanut (fi)
• Portuguese: queimado (pt)
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• Romanian: ars (ro)
• Russian: загоре́лый (ru) (zagorélyj)
• Swedish: solbränd (sv) c

browner than standard

• Finnish: poltettu (fi)
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• Russian: подгоре́вший (ru) (podgorévšij)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Aromanian: ^{(please verify)} arsu
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} verbrandde (nl), ^{(please verify)} verbrand (nl)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} membakar (id), ^{(please verify)} membakar (id), ^{(please verify)} dibakar (id), ^{(please verify)} terbakar (id)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} arso (it)
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• (deprecated template usage) Japanese: 燃やした (もやした, moyashita), 燃やされた (もやされた, moyasareta), 燃える (もえる, moeru), 燃えた (もえた, moeta)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} ārsus, ^{(please verify)} aestuātus
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} quemado (es)

Anagrams

• Brunt, brunt