flammable

English

Etymology

Back-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as the prefix in- could be mistakenly thought to mean "un-; non-", while in fact, it is rather closely related to en-.

Adjective

flammable (comparative more flammable, superlative most flammable)

1. Capable of burning, especially a liquid.
2. Easily set on fire.
3. Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.

Synonyms

• inflammable

Antonyms

• non-flammable, nonflammable

Translations

capable of burning

• Bulgarian: леснозапалим (lesnozapalim)
• Catalan: inflamable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 易燃 (zh) (yìrán)

• Czech: hořlavý (cs)
• Danish: brændbar
• Dutch: ontvlambaar (nl), brandbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: brulema
• Finnish: palava (fi)
• German: brennbar (de), entzündbar, entflammbar
• Greek: εύφλεκτος (el) (éfflektos)
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• Hungarian: éghető (hu)
• Icelandic: eldfimur
• Irish: inlasta, so-lasta, so-adhainte, inadhainte
• Italian: infiammabile (it)
• Norwegian: brennbar
• Polish: łatwopalny (pl) m, łatwopalna f, łatwopalne n
• Portuguese: inflamável (pt) m or f
• Russian: огнеопа́сный (ru) (ogneopásnyj), легко́ воспламеня́ющийся (lexkó vosplamenjájuščijsja)
• Spanish: inflamable (es)
• Swedish: brännbar (sv)
• Tagalog: takaw-apoy

easily set on fire

• Catalan: inflamable (ca)
• Czech: hořlavý (cs)
• Danish: brandfarlig (da), letantændelig
• Dutch: licht ontvlambaar
• Finnish: (herkästi) syttyvä
• French: inflammable (fr)
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• German: feuergefährlich
• Greek: εύφλεκτος (el) (éfflektos)
• Hungarian: gyúlékony (hu)
• Spanish: inflamable (es)
• Swedish: lättantändlig (sv), brandfarlig

subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion

• French: inflammable (fr)
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Noun

flammable (plural flammables)

1. Any flammable substance.