incinerate

English

Etymology

From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō < incinerare ‎(“to burn into ashes”) < cinis ‎(“ashes”).

Verb

incinerate ‎(third-person singular simple present incinerates, present participle incinerating, simple past and past participle incinerated)

1. (transitive) to destroy by burning

Translations

destroy by burning

• Catalan: incinerar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 焚化 (zh) ‎(fénhuà), 燃燒 (zh), 燃烧 (zh) ‎(ránshāo)

• Dutch: verbranden (nl)
• Finnish: polttaa (fi); tuhkata (of the dead)
• French: incinérer (fr)
• German: verbrennen (de)
• Ido: cindrigar (io)
• Japanese: 焼却する (ja) ‎(しょうきゃくする, shōkyaku suru), 燃やす ‎(もやす, moyasu)

• Malay: menunu
• Portuguese: incinerar
• Russian: сжига́ть (ru) impf ‎(sžigátʹ), сжечь (ru) pf ‎(sžečʹ), креми́ровать (ru) impf, pf ‎(kremírovatʹ) (cremate)
• Spanish: incinerar (es)
• Swedish: förbränna (sv)
• Ukrainian: згоряти (uk) pf ‎(zhorjaty)
• Vietnamese: thiêu (vi)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרברענען ‎(farbrenen)

Adjective

incinerate ‎(not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.

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Anagrams

• creatinine

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Latin

Verb

incinerāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of incinerō