ignite

English

Etymology

From Latin ignītus, past participle of igniō, ignire (“to set on fire, ignite”). Derived from Latin ignis (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis and, thus, related to Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), Lithuanian ugnis and Russian ого́нь (ogónʹ).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭgnīt', IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnaɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

1. (transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)
2. (transitive) to spark off (something), to trigger
   • 2005, Mick Fowler, On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya:

     Our observations on the way up had been mixed but the deep, crisp cold of the Peruvian night followed by a crystal clear dawn re-ignited our enthusiasm and sent us scampering across the frozen snow bowl […]

3. (intransitive) to commence burning.
4. (chemistry, transitive) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.

   to ignite iron or platinum

Related terms

• ignition
• igneous

Translations

to set fire to, to light

• Armenian: կրակ տալ (krak tal), վառել (hy) (vaṙel)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: паля (bg) (palja), запалвам (bg) (zapalvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 点火 (zh) (diǎnhuǒ)

• Czech: vznítit
• Dutch: aansteken (nl), ontsteken (nl), ontbranden (nl)
• Esperanto: fajrigi, ekbruligi
• Finnish: sytyttää (fi)
• French: mettre le feu (fr), allumer (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: zünden (de), anzünden (de)
• Greek: (to light) ανάβω (el) (anávo), (to set fire to) πυρπολώ (el) (pyrpoló)

  Ancient: αἴθω (aíthō)

• Hittite: 𒉿𒅈𒉡
• Irish: adhain
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: incendiare (it)
• Japanese: 火を点ける (ひをつける, hi o tsukeru)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Ladin: tizé, de fuech
• Latin: incendō, ignio (la)
• Mongolian: асаах (mn) (asaax), ноцоох (nocoox)
• Polish: zapalić (pl), zapalać (pl)
• Portuguese: incendiar (pt) (to set fire to), acender (pt) (to light)
• Russian: зажига́ть (ru) impf (zažigátʹ), заже́чь (ru) pf (zažéčʹ), воспламеня́ть (ru) impf (vosplamenjátʹ), воспламени́ть (ru) pf (vosplamenítʹ)
• Sardinian:

  Logudorese: affoghizare

• Spanish: incendiar (es)
• Swedish: tända (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

to trigger

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 引燃 (yǐnrán)

• Finnish: sytyttää (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: déclencher (fr)
• Greek: ενθουσιάζω (el) (enthousiázo)
• Swedish: tända (sv)

to commence burning

• Bulgarian: запалвам се (zapalvam se), възпламенявам се (vǎzplamenjavam se)
• Finnish: syttyä (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: ανάβω (el) (anávo)
• Irish: adhain
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: accendersi (it), prendere (it), prendere fuoco
• Maori: papahū
• Portuguese: acender (pt)
• Russian: воспламеня́ться (ru) impf (vosplamenjátʹsja), воспламени́ться (ru) pf (vosplamenítʹsja), загора́ть (ru) impf (zagorátʹ), загоре́ть (ru) pf (zagorétʹ)
• Venetian: inpiarse, inpiẑarse, inpisarse

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Translations to be checked

• Kurdish:
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} encender (es)

Anagrams

• tieing

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Italian

Adjective

ignite f pl

1. feminine plural of ignito

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) īgnīte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of īgniō