noun · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbɜːnə/
General-American:/ˈbɝnɚ/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:B ER1 N ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn.
An element on a kitchen stove, hob, or cooktop that generates localized heat for cooking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eye, ring
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn.
A device that generates localized heat for experiments; a Bunsen burner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
An elaborate piece of graffiti.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
A pyrotechnic tear gas canister.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
A handgun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
noun
Meaning 12
Ellipsis of coal burner (“a nonblack person, usually a woman, who has sexual relationships with black people, usually men”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
noun
Meaning 13
Alternative letter-case form of Burner (“participant in Burning Man”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
noun
Meaning 14
A participant in the Burning Man festival.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
15
noun
Meaning 15
an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a diesel engine is an oil burner
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apparatus, setup
Narrower terms: blowtorch, torch, blowlamp, gas bracket, gas burner, gas jet
16
noun
Meaning 16
the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the electric range had one large burner and three smaller one
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heating element
History
Etymology
From burn + -er. Merged with and eclipsed related Middle English brennar, brennere (“an incendiary, incinerator”). Compare German Brenner (“burner”), Swedish brännare (“burner”).
Across languages
Translations
103 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish:
polttaja
— someone or something that burns
Finnish:
poltin
— someone or something that burns
German:
Brenner
— someone or something that burns
Hungarian:
égő
— someone or something that burns
Hungarian:
égető
— someone or something that burns
Latin:
cremator
— someone or something that burns
Portuguese:
queimador
— someone or something that burns
Spanish:
quemador
— someone or something that burns
Welsh:
llosgydd
— someone or something that burns
Welsh:
llosgwr
— someone or something that burns
Bulgarian:
горелка
(gorelka)
— element on a kitchen stove
Chinese Mandarin:
燃燒器 /燃烧器
(ránshāoqì)
— element on a kitchen stove
Chinese Mandarin:
煤氣灶 /煤气灶
(gas burner)
— element on a kitchen stove
Finnish:
keittolevy
— element on a kitchen stove
Finnish:
kaasupoltin
— element on a kitchen stove
Finnish:
poltin
— element on a kitchen stove
French:
feu
— element on a kitchen stove
French:
brûleur
— element on a kitchen stove
Galician:
queimador
— element on a kitchen stove
German:
Kochplatte
— element on a kitchen stove
German:
Herdplatte
— element on a kitchen stove
German:
Heizplatte
— element on a kitchen stove
German:
Heizspirale
— element on a kitchen stove
German:
Flamme
— element on a kitchen stove
German:
Kochfeld
— element on a kitchen stove
Greek:
μάτι
(máti)
— element on a kitchen stove
Hawaiian:
pā kapuahi
— element on a kitchen stove
Hungarian:
gázrózsa
— element on a kitchen stove
Hungarian:
gázégő
— element on a kitchen stove
Hungarian:
rózsa
— element on a kitchen stove
Hungarian:
égő
— element on a kitchen stove
Hungarian:
láng
— element on a kitchen stove
Italian:
fuoco
— element on a kitchen stove
Italian:
fornello
— element on a kitchen stove
Japanese:
バーナー
(bānā)
— element on a kitchen stove
Norwegian Bokmål:
kokeplate
— element on a kitchen stove
Plautdietsch:
Brenna
— element on a kitchen stove
Polish:
palnik
— element on a kitchen stove
Portuguese:
boca
— element on a kitchen stove
Russian:
горе́лка
(gorélka)
— element on a kitchen stove
Russian:
конфо́рка
(konfórka)
— element on a kitchen stove
Scottish Gaelic:
cearcall
— element on a kitchen stove
Spanish:
fogón
— element on a kitchen stove
Spanish:
fuego
— element on a kitchen stove
Spanish:
quemador
— element on a kitchen stove
Spanish:
hornalla
— element on a kitchen stove
Spanish:
hornilla
— element on a kitchen stove
Spanish:
hornillo
— element on a kitchen stove
Turkish:
sıcak plaka
— element on a kitchen stove
Turkish:
ocak gözü
— element on a kitchen stove
Bulgarian:
горелка
(gorelka)
— device that generates localized heat for experiments
Finnish:
poltin
— device that generates localized heat for experiments
German:
Brenner
— device that generates localized heat for experiments
German:
Bunsenbrenner
— device that generates localized heat for experiments
Hungarian:
Bunsen-égő
— device that generates localized heat for experiments
Italian:
becco di Bunsen
— device that generates localized heat for experiments
Italian:
bruciatore
— device that generates localized heat for experiments
Malay:
penunu Bunsen
— device that generates localized heat for experiments
Portuguese:
bico de Bunsen
— device that generates localized heat for experiments
Portuguese:
queimador
— device that generates localized heat for experiments
Portuguese:
maçarico
— device that generates localized heat for experiments
Spanish:
quemador
— device that generates localized heat for experiments
Welsh:
llosgydd
— device that generates localized heat for experiments
Bulgarian:
горелка
(gorelka)
— device that burns fuel
Finnish:
poltin
— device that burns fuel
German:
Gasbrenner
— device that burns fuel
German:
Brenner
— device that burns fuel
Malay:
pembakar
— device that burns fuel
Māori:
hatete
— device that burns fuel
Welsh:
llosgwr
— device that burns fuel
Portuguese:
maçarico
— a hot-air balloon's propulsion system
Portuguese:
queimador
— a hot-air balloon's propulsion system
Spanish:
quemador
— a hot-air balloon's propulsion system
Finnish:
poltin
— device for burning refuse
German:
Verbrennungsofen
— device for burning refuse
Italian:
inceneritore
— device for burning refuse
Malay:
penunu
— device for burning refuse
Spanish:
incinerador
— device for burning refuse
Dutch:
brander
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Faroese:
brennari
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Faroese:
fløgubrennari
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Finnish:
poltin
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Finnish:
CD-poltin
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
French:
graveur
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
German:
Brenner
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
German:
CD-Brenner
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Hungarian:
CD-író
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Indonesian:
pembakar
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Indonesian:
perekam
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Italian:
masterizzatore
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Malay:
pembakar
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Malay:
perakam
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Polish:
nagrywarka
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Portuguese:
gravador de CD
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Russian:
механи́зм для за́писи CD
(mexanízm dlja zápisi CD)
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Serbo-Croatian:
snimač
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Serbo-Croatian:
pisač
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Slovene:
zapisovalnik
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Spanish:
grabador de CD
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Spanish:
quemador
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Swedish:
brännare
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Tamil:
அடுப்பு
(aṭuppu)
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc
Tamil:
குறுந்தகடெழுதி
(kuṟuntakaṭeḻuti)
— computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc