conflagration

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• /ˌkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *bhel-der. Proto-Italic *flagrosder.? Latin flagrō Latin cōnflagrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnflagrātiōder. Middle Frenchbor. English conflagration From Middle French, from Latin cōnflagrātiō (“burning, conflagration”).

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَرِيق (ḥarīq) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Armenian: հրդեհ (hrdeh) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Azerbaijani: yanğın — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Belarusian: пажа́р (pažár) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Belarusian: пажа́рышча (pažáryšča) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Central Bikol: rabaraba — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Bulgarian: голя́м пожа́р (goljám požár) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Bulgarian: пожа́р (požár) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Burmese: မီး (mi:) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Catalan: conflagració — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Cherokee: ᎦᎵᎬ (galigv) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 大火 (dàhuǒ) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 燹 (xiǎn) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 火災 /火灾 (huǒzāi) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Czech: požár — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Dutch: vuurzee — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Dutch: vlammenzee — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Dutch: wereldbrand — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Dutch: conflagratie — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Esperanto: incendio — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Estonian: tulekahju — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Finnish: suurpalo — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Finnish: tulipalo — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• French: conflagration — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• French: incendie — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Galician: conflagración — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Georgian: ხანძარი (xanʒari) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• German: Feuersbrunst — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• German: Großbrand — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Greek: πυρκαγιά (pyrkagiá) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Ancient Greek: πύρωσις (púrōsis) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Ancient Greek: ἐκπύρωσις (ekpúrōsis) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Hebrew: דליקה (dleiqa) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Hebrew: שריפה (sreifa) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Hindi: आग (āg) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Hindi: अग्निकांड (agnikāṇḍ) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Hungarian: tűzvész — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Icelandic: eldsvoði — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Icelandic: bál — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Icelandic: stórbruni — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Ido: incendio — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Indonesian: kebakaran — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Irish: dóiteán — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Italian: conflagrazione — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Japanese: 火災 (kasai) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Japanese: 大火 (taika) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Kazakh: өрт (ört) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Khmer: អគ្គីភ័យ (akkīphey) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Korean: 대화재 (daehwajae) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Korean: 화재 (hwajae) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Kyrgyz: өрт (ört) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Lao: ໄຟໄຫມ້ (fai mai) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Lao: ອັກຄີໄພ (ʼak khī phai) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Latin: exustiō — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Latvian: ugunsgrēks — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Lithuanian: gaisras — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Macedonian: пожар (požar) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Malay: kebakaran — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Māori: toronga — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Old English: ǣled — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Persian: آتشسوزی (âtaš-suzi) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Polish: pożar — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Polish: pożoga — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Portuguese: conflagração — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Romanian: conflagrație — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Romanian: incendiu — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Russian: большо́й пожа́р (bolʹšój požár) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Russian: пожа́р (požár) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Russian: пожа́рище (požárišče) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Serbo-Croatian: пожар — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Serbo-Croatian: požar — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Shor: ӧрт (ört) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Slovak: požiar — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Slovene: požar — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Spanish: conflagración (disused) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Swedish: brand — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Swedish: eldsvåda — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Tagalog: sunog — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Thai: ไฟไหม้ (fai-mâi) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Thai: เพลิงไหม้ — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Thai: อัคคีภัย (àk-kii-pai) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Turkish: yangın — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Ottoman Turkish: یانغین (yangın) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Turkmen: ýangyn — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Ukrainian: поже́жа (požéža) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Ukrainian: зга́рище (zháryšče) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Urdu: آگ (āg) — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Uzbek: yongʻin — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Uzbek: pojar — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Vietnamese: hỏa hoạn — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Vietnamese: nạn cháy lớn — a large, ferocious, and destructive fire
• Finnish: suursota — a large-scale conflict
• Finnish: maailmanpalo — a large-scale conflict
• French: conflagration — a large-scale conflict
• Galician: conflagración — a large-scale conflict
• German: Flächenbrand — a large-scale conflict
• Portuguese: conflagração — a large-scale conflict
• Spanish: conflagración — a large-scale conflict