incombustible

English

WOTD – 23 August 2006

Etymology

From in- +‎ combust +‎ -ible.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

incombustible (comparative more incombustible, superlative most incombustible)

1. Not capable of catching fire and burning; not flammable.
   • 1921, Charles Kenneth Leith, The Economic Aspect of Geology‎, page 124:

     The ash represents the more incombustible mineral matter, usually of the nature of clay or slate.

Antonyms

• (not flammable): combustible, flammable (US), inflammable (UK)

Translations

not flammable

• Bulgarian: негорим (negorim)
• Catalan: incombustible
• Czech: nehořlavý
• German: unbrennbar (de), unverbrennbar, feuersicher
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• Greek: άκαυστος (el) (ákafstos)
• Kurdish: , ,
• Spanish: incombustible (es)
• Swedish: obrännbar

Noun

incombustible (plural incombustibles)

1. Any substance that is not flammable.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin incombustibilis.

Adjective

incombustible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incombustibles)

1. Not capable of catching fire and burning; not flammable.

   Antonym: combustible

Further reading

• “incombustible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “incombustible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “incombustible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “incombustible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin incombustibĭle.

Adjective

incombustible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incombustibles)

1. Not capable of catching fire and burning; not flammable.

Antonyms

• combustible