combustible
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French combustible.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
combustible (comparative more combustible, superlative most combustible)
- Capable of burning.
- Dumping fertilizer on top of whatever mysterious goop was in the storage tank created a combustible mix which caught fire.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
- Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter.
- 2023 March 22, “Network News: Class 175s withdrawn for safety checks after fires”, in RAIL, number 979, page 13:
- The rest were undergoing special underbody cleaning safety checks at TfW depots, after speculation that the cause of the incidents may have been a build-up of engine oil and combustible material such as fallen leaves and general detritus.
- (figurative, dated) Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
- 1855–1859, Washington Irving, The Life of George Washington:
- Arnold, however, was a combustible character.
Antonyms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
capable of burning
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Noun[edit]
combustible (plural combustibles)
- A material that is capable of burning.
Translations[edit]
material capable of burning
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Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kom.busˈti.blə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kum.busˈti.blə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kom.busˈti.ble/
Adjective[edit]
combustible (masculine and feminine plural combustibles)
Noun[edit]
combustible m (plural combustibles)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “combustible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “combustible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “combustible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “combustible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From combustion + -ible.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
combustible m (plural combustibles)
Adjective[edit]
combustible (plural combustibles)
Further reading[edit]
- “combustible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
combustible (plural combustibles)
Noun[edit]
combustible m (plural combustibles)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “combustible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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