ignition

English

Etymology

From French ignition.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭgnĭ'shən, IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

ignition (countable and uncountable, plural ignitions)

1. The act of igniting.
2. The initiation of combustion.
3. (automotive, mechanical engineering) A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.
4. (automotive) Receptacle for a key used to start the engine in a vehicle.

   Put the key in the ignition and turn in right.

5. (physics) The phenomenon of a thermonuclear fusion reaction becoming self-sustaining and no longer requiring external heating.

Derived terms

• autoignition
• preignition
• reignition

 

Expressions

• entry ignition engine
• false ignition
• ignition coil
• ignition interlock
• ignition key
• ignition temperature
• ignition tube test

 

Translations

the act of igniting

• Bulgarian: пламване (bg) (plamvane), възпламеняване n (vǎzplamenjavane)
• Czech: vzplanutí n, vznícení n
• Finnish: sytyttäminen (fi), sytytys (fi)
• French: ignition (fr) f
• Georgian: აალება (ka) (aaleba), ანთება (anteba)
• German: Zündung (de) f
• Greek: ανάφλεξη (el) f (anáflexi)
• Irish: adhaint f
• Italian: ignizione (it) f, accensione (it) f
• Japanese: 点火 (ja) (てんか, tenka), 発火 (ja) (はっか, hakka)
• Latin: ignitio f
• Malay: penyalaan
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: асаалт (asaalt)

  Mongolian: ᠠᠰᠠᠭᠠᠯᠲᠠ (asaɣalta)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tenning m or f

  Nynorsk: tenning f

• Polish: zapłonięcie n
• Portuguese: ignição (pt) f
• Russian: зажига́ние (ru) n (zažigánije)

initiation of combustion

• Bulgarian: запалване n (zapalvane)
• Czech: vzplanutí n
• Finnish: sytyttäminen (fi) (act), syttyminen (instance)
• Georgian: ანთება (anteba)
• German: Zündung (de) f
• Greek: ανάφλεξη (el) f (anáflexi)
• Hungarian: gyújtás (hu)
• Italian: ignizione (it) f, accensione (it) f
• Latin: ignitio f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tenning m or f

  Nynorsk: tenning f

• Polish: zapłon (pl) m
• Portuguese: ignição (pt) f
• Spanish: encendido (es) m
• Tagalog: duop

system for activating combustion in an engine

• Bulgarian: запалване n (zapalvane)
• Czech: zapalování n
• Finnish: sytytys (fi)
• French: allumage (fr) m
• German: Zündung (de) f
• Greek: ανάφλεξη (el) f (anáflexi)
• Hungarian: gyújtás (hu)
• Japanese: 点火装置 (てんかそうち, tenka sōchi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tenning m or f

  Nynorsk: tenning f

• Polish: zapłon (pl) m
• Portuguese: partida (pt) f, ignição (pt) f
• Russian: зажига́ние (ru) n (zažigánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: adhnaidh m
• Spanish: encendido (es) m

key receptacle for starting a vehicle

• German: Zündung (de) f
• Italian: blocchetto (it) m
• Polish: stacyjka (pl) f

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• German: ^{(please verify)} Zündung (de) f

French

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Latin ignitiōnem (“combustion, ignition”).

Noun

ignition f (plural ignitions)

1. ignition

Further reading

• “ignition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.