firebrand

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• UK: /ˈfaɪə.bɹænd/
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• US: /ˈfaɪɚ.bɹænd/
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From Middle English fyr-brand, furbrond, equivalent to fire + brand. Cognate with German Feuerbrand (“firebrand”).

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: подстрека́тел (podstrekátel) — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Dutch: stokebrand — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Dutch: onruststoker — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Dutch: oproerkraaier — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Finnish: palopuhuja — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• French: agitateur — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• French: trublion — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Galician: axitador — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• German: Aufrührer — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• German: Aufwiegler — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• German: Rädelsführer — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• German: Radikalinski — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• German: Sponti — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Hebrew: מחרחר (mecharcher) — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Hungarian: bajkeverő — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Hungarian: felforgató — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Hungarian: lázító — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Polish: podżegacz — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Polish: podżegaczka — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Russian: зачи́нщик (začínščik) — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Russian: зачи́нщица (začínščica) — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Russian: подстрека́тель (podstrekátelʹ) — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Russian: подстрека́тельница (podstrekátelʹnica) — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Russian: смутья́н (smutʹján) — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Russian: смутья́нка (smutʹjánka) — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Spanish: instigador — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Spanish: agitador — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Swedish: brandfackla — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Swedish: fyrsticka — argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary
• Arabic: شُعْلَة (šuʕla) — torch or other burning stick
• Armenian: խանձող (xanjoġ) — torch or other burning stick
• Belarusian: галаўня́ (halawnjá) — torch or other burning stick
• Belarusian: галаве́шка (halavjéška) — torch or other burning stick
• Bulgarian: главня́ (glavnjá) — torch or other burning stick
• Catalan: brandó — torch or other burning stick
• Danish: fakkel — torch or other burning stick
• Dutch: fakkel — torch or other burning stick
• Finnish: soihtu — torch or other burning stick
• French: torche — torch or other burning stick
• French: tison — torch or other burning stick
• French: brandon — torch or other burning stick
• Friulian: stiç — torch or other burning stick
• Galician: facho — torch or other burning stick
• Galician: fachuzo — torch or other burning stick
• Galician: brandón — torch or other burning stick
• Galician: chamizo — torch or other burning stick
• Galician: guizo — torch or other burning stick
• Galician: gavizo — torch or other burning stick
• Georgian: მუგუზალი (muguzali) — torch or other burning stick
• Hebrew: אוּד (ud) — torch or other burning stick
• Irish: aithinne — torch or other burning stick
• Old Irish: gorn — torch or other burning stick
• Italian: tizzone — torch or other burning stick
• Italian: tizzo — torch or other burning stick
• Latin: torris — torch or other burning stick
• Latin: titio — torch or other burning stick
• Māori: mōmotu — torch or other burning stick
• Māori: motumotu — torch or other burning stick
• Māori: mōunga — torch or other burning stick
• Māori: ngōngotu — torch or other burning stick
• Māori: ngotungotu — torch or other burning stick
• Māori: tōroherohe — torch or other burning stick
• Middle English: brand — torch or other burning stick
• Norwegian: fakkel — torch or other burning stick
• Old English: brand — torch or other burning stick
• Polish: głownia — torch or other burning stick
• Polish: żagiew — torch or other burning stick
• Polish: pochodnia — torch or other burning stick
• Portuguese: brandão — torch or other burning stick
• Portuguese: facho — torch or other burning stick
• Portuguese: tocha — torch or other burning stick
• Russian: головня́ (golovnjá) — torch or other burning stick
• Russian: голове́шка (golovéška) — torch or other burning stick
• Russian: фа́кел (fákel) — torch or other burning stick
• Spanish: tea — torch or other burning stick
• Spanish: tizón — torch or other burning stick
• Spanish: teda — torch or other burning stick
• Swedish: brandfackla — torch or other burning stick
• Swedish: fyrsticka — torch or other burning stick
• Tagalog: agipo — torch or other burning stick
• Tagalog: dupong — torch or other burning stick
• Telugu: కొరవి (koravi) — torch or other burning stick
• Ukrainian: головня́ (holovnjá) — torch or other burning stick
• Ukrainian: голове́шка (holovéška) — torch or other burning stick
• Ukrainian: ґалаґа́н (galagán) — torch or other burning stick
• Ukrainian: недо́гарок (nedóharok) — torch or other burning stick
• Unami: pëlitay — torch or other burning stick