noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/kəmˈbʌs.t͡ʃən/
[kəɱˈbʌs.t͡ʃhən] ~ [kəɱˈbʌs.t͡ʃhn̩]
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noun
Meaning 1
The act or process of burning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Old French combustion, from Latin combustio, from comburere (“to burn”), itself from the intensifying prefix com- + the root burere (a faulty sep. of amburere "to burn around", itself from ambi- + urere "to burn, singe"); equivalent to combust + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
87 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
اِحْتِرَاق
(iḥtirāq)
— the act or process of burning
Bulgarian:
горене
(gorene)
— the act or process of burning
Catalan:
combustió
— the act or process of burning
Chinese Mandarin:
燃燒 /燃烧
(ránshāo)
— the act or process of burning
Czech:
spalování
— the act or process of burning
Danish:
forbrænding
— the act or process of burning
Dutch:
verbranding
— the act or process of burning
Finnish:
palaminen
— the act or process of burning
Finnish:
palamisreaktio
— the act or process of burning
French:
combustion
— the act or process of burning
German:
Verbrennung
— the act or process of burning
Greek:
καύση
(káfsi)
— the act or process of burning
Greek:
ανάφλεξη
(anáflexi)
— the act or process of burning
Hungarian:
égés
— the act or process of burning
Hungarian:
égetés
— the act or process of burning
Ido:
kombusto
— the act or process of burning
Indonesian:
pembakaran
— the act or process of burning
Italian:
combustione
— the act or process of burning
Japanese:
燃焼
(nenshō)
— the act or process of burning
Korean:
연소
(yeonso)
— the act or process of burning
Macedonian:
согорување
(sogoruvanje)
— the act or process of burning
Macedonian:
горење
(gorenje)
— the act or process of burning
Malay:
pembakaran
— the act or process of burning
Malayalam:
ജ്വലനം
(jvalanaṁ)
— the act or process of burning
Māori:
ngingihatanga
— the act or process of burning
Marathi:
ज्वलन
(jvalan)
— the act or process of burning
Norwegian Bokmål:
forbrenning
— the act or process of burning
Norwegian Nynorsk:
forbrenning
— the act or process of burning
Persian:
سوختن
(suxtan)
— the act or process of burning
Plautdietsch:
Braunt
— the act or process of burning
Polish:
spalanie
— the act or process of burning
Portuguese:
combustão
— the act or process of burning
Portuguese:
queima
— the act or process of burning
Romanian:
combustie
— the act or process of burning
Romanian:
ardere
— the act or process of burning
Russian:
горе́ние
(gorénije)
— the act or process of burning
Russian:
сгора́ние
(sgoránije)
— the act or process of burning
Russian:
возгора́ние
(vozgoránije)
— the act or process of burning
Russian:
сжига́ние
(sžigánije)
— the act or process of burning
Sanskrit:
ओष
(oṣa)
— the act or process of burning
Spanish:
combustión
— the act or process of burning
Spanish:
quemado
— the act or process of burning
Swedish:
förbränning
— the act or process of burning
Ukrainian:
горі́ння
(horínnja)
— the act or process of burning
Ukrainian:
згоря́ння
(zhorjánnja)
— the act or process of burning
Ukrainian:
згора́ння
(zhoránnja)
— the act or process of burning
Volapük:
fefilükam
— the act or process of burning
Danish:
forbrænding
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
Finnish:
palaminen
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
German:
Verbrennung
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
Greek:
καύση
(káfsi)
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
Macedonian:
согорување
(sogoruvanje)
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
Macedonian:
палење
(palenje)
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
Malay:
pembakaran
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
Māori:
ngingihatanga
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
Norwegian Bokmål:
forbrenning
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
Norwegian Nynorsk:
forbrenning
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
Portuguese:
combustão
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
Romanian:
ardere
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
Spanish:
reacción química
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
Swedish:
förbränning
— similar process where two chemicals are combined
Bulgarian:
изгаряне
(izgarjane)
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Danish:
forbrænding
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Dutch:
verbranding
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Finnish:
palaminen
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
German:
Verbrennung
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Greek:
καύση
(káfsi)
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Macedonian:
согорување
(sogoruvanje)
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Malay:
pembakaran
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Māori:
ngingihatanga
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Norwegian Bokmål:
forbrenning
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Norwegian Nynorsk:
forbrenning
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Portuguese:
combustão
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Romanian:
ardere
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Romanian:
oxidare
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Spanish:
combustión
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Spanish:
oxidación
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
Swedish:
förbränning
— process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen
