ignition

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French ignition

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ignition (countable and uncountable, plural ignitions)

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

Derived terms

• ignition temperature
• false ignition

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
• Greek: ανάφλεξη (el) f (anáflexi)
• Irish: adhaint f
• Italian: ignizione (it) f, accensione (it) f
• Latin: ignitio f
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• Malay: penyalaan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tenning m or f

  Nynorsk: tenning f

• Polish: zapłon (pl) m inan
• 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)
• German: Zündung (de) f
• Greek: ανάφλεξη (el) f (anáflexi)
• Hungarian: gyújtás (hu)
• Italian: ignizione (it) f, accensione (it) f
• Latin: ignitio f
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tenning m or f

  Nynorsk: tenning f

• Polish: zapłon (pl) m inan
• 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)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tenning m or f

  Nynorsk: tenning f

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• Polish: zapłon (pl) m inan
• 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

• Polish: stacyjka (pl) f
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Translations to be checked

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