ignivome

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin ignivomus.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ignivome (plural ignivomes)

  1. Which spews fire, ignivomous
    1. (rare, archaic; of volcanos) ignivomous
      des montagnes ignivomesignivomous mountains
    2. (literary; of animate, usually mythical, creatures) flammivomous, fire-breathing
      un dragon ignivomea fire-breathing dragon

Noun[edit]

ignivome m or f (plural ignivomes)

  1. (literary) fire-breather, flammivomous dragon
    Les ignivomes s’éloignent des cascades.(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 ignivome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ignivome

  1. feminine plural of ignivomo