flammable

English

Etymology

Back-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as the prefix in- is often used to mean "un-; non-", although it was originally meant in a sense closely related to en-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈflæməbəl/
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Adjective

flammable (comparative more flammable, superlative most flammable)

Capable of burning, especially a liquid.
Easily set on fire.
Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.

Synonyms

inflammable (in the original sense)

Antonyms

inflammable (in the newer sense)
non-flammable, nonflammable
noninflammable
unflammable
uninflammable

Translations

capable of burning — See also translations at inflammable

Bulgarian: леснозапалим (lesnozapalim)
Catalan: inflamable (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 易燃 (zh) (yìrán)
Czech: hořlavý (cs)
Danish: brændbar
Dutch: ontvlambaar (nl), brandbaar (nl)
Esperanto: brulema
Finnish: palava (fi)
Georgian: აალებადი (ka) (aalebadi), წვადი (c̣vadi), ცეცხლსაშიში (cecxlsašiši)
German: brennbar (de), entzündbar, entflammbar
Greek: εύφλεκτος (el) (éfflektos), αναφλέξιμος (el) (anafléximos), εκρηκτικός (el) (ekriktikós), ευέξαπτος (el) (evéxaptos)
Hebrew: דליק‎ m (dalík)
Hungarian: éghető (hu)
Icelandic: eldfimur
Irish: inlasta, so-lasta, so-adhainte, inadhainte
Italian: infiammabile (it)
Luxembourgish: feiergeféierlech
Norwegian: brennbar
Polish: łatwopalny (pl) m, łatwopalna f, łatwopalne n
Portuguese: inflamável (pt) m or f
Russian: огнеопа́сный (ru) (ogneopásnyj), легковоспламеня́ющийся (ru) (lexkovosplamenjájuščijsja)
Spanish: inflamable (es)
Swedish: brännbar (sv)
Tagalog: takaw-apoy

easily set on fire

Catalan: inflamable (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 易燃 (zh) (Yì rán)
Czech: hořlavý (cs)
Danish: brandfarlig (da), letantændelig
Dutch: licht ontvlambaar
Esperanto: flamema, flamiĝema, brulema
Finnish: herkästi syttyvä, syttyvä (fi)
French: inflammable (fr)
Georgian: აალებადი (ka) (aalebadi), წვადი (c̣vadi), ცეცხლსაშიში (cecxlsašiši)
German: feuergefährlich (de), leichtentzündlich
Greek: εύφλεκτος (el) (éfflektos)
Hungarian: gyúlékony (hu)
Spanish: inflamable (es)
Swedish: lättantändlig (sv), brandfarlig

subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion

French: inflammable (fr)
Hungarian: lobbanékony (hu)

Noun

flammable (plural flammables)

Any flammable substance.