combustible

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French combustible

Adjective

combustible (comparative more combustible, superlative most combustible)

1. Capable of burning

   Dumping fertilizer on top of whatever mysterious goop was in the storage tank created a combustible mix which caught on fire.

   • (Can we date this quote by South and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter.

2. (figurative) Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
   • (Can we date this quote by Washington Irving and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Arnold was a combustible character.

Antonyms

• incombustible

Related terms

• combust
• combustibility
• combustion

Translations

capable of burning

• Bulgarian: запалим (bg) (zapalim), възпламеним (vǎzplamenim)
• Catalan: combustible (ca)
• Czech: hořlavý (cs)
• Finnish: syttyvä (fi)
• Galician: combustible (gl), combustíbel (gl)
• German: brennbar (de), verbrennbar
• Hungarian: gyúlékony (hu)
• Japanese: 可燃性の (kanensei no)
• Manx: so-ghreesaghey, yn-lostey
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brennbar

  Nynorsk: brennbar

• Portuguese: combustível (pt)
• Russian: воспламеня́емый (ru) (vosplamenjájemyj), воспламеня́ющийся (ru) (vosplamenjájuščijsja)
• Spanish: combustible (es)
• Swedish: brännbar (sv)
• Tagalog: maliyab

Noun

combustible (plural combustibles)

1. A material that is capable of burning.

Translations

material capable of burning

• Bulgarian: горивен материал (goriven material)
• Catalan: combustible (ca) m
• Finnish: syttyvä aine
• French: combustible (fr) m
• Galician: combustible (gl) m, combustíbel (gl) m
• German: Brennstoff (de) m
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• Japanese: 可燃物 (ja) (kanenbutsu)
• Portuguese: combustível (pt) m
• Russian: то́пливо (ru) n (tóplivo)
• Spanish: combustible (es) m
• Tagalog: liyabin

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Catalan

Adjective

combustible m or f (masculine and feminine plural combustibles)

1. combustible

Noun

combustible m (plural combustibles)

1. combustible, fuel

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

combustible m (plural combustibles)

1. combustible

Adjective

combustible (plural combustibles)

1. combustible

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kombusˈtible/ [kõm.busˈt̪i.β̞le]

Adjective

combustible m or f (masculine and feminine plural combustibles)

1. combustible

Noun

combustible m (plural combustibles)

1. fuel

Derived terms

• agrocombustible
• combustible fósil

Related terms

• comburente
• combustión

Further reading

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