flame

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From Middle English flawme, blend of Old French flame and flambe, flamble, the first from Latin flamma, the second from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma, both from pre-Latin *fladma; Proto-Italic *flagmā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Displaced native Old English līeġ.

From Middle English flawmen, from Old French flamber, flammer.

255 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: огненочервен (ognenočerven) — colour
• Finnish: tulipunainen — colour
• Hungarian: lángvörös — colour
• Polish: ognistoczerwony — colour
• Afrikaans: vlam — visible part of fire
• Albanian: flakë — visible part of fire
• Arabic: لَهَب (lahab) — visible part of fire
• Arabic: شُعْلَة (šuʕla) — visible part of fire
• Aragonese: flama — visible part of fire
• Armenian: բոց (bocʻ) — visible part of fire
• Armenian: հուր (hur) — visible part of fire
• Aromanian: fleamã — visible part of fire
• Aromanian: pirã — visible part of fire
• Asturian: llama — visible part of fire
• Azerbaijani: alov — visible part of fire
• Bashkir: ялҡын (yalqın) — visible part of fire
• Basque: kar — visible part of fire
• Basque: gar — visible part of fire
• Basque: sugar — visible part of fire
• Basque: lama — visible part of fire
• Belarusian: по́лымя (pólymja) — visible part of fire
• Bengali: শিখা (śikha) — visible part of fire
• Bengali: জ্বালা (jala) — visible part of fire
• Bhojpuri: लौ (lau) — visible part of fire
• Breton: flamm — visible part of fire
• Bulgarian: пла́мък (plámǎk) — visible part of fire
• Burmese: တန်ဆောင် (tanhcaung) — visible part of fire
• Catalan: flama — visible part of fire
• Chechen: алу (alu) — visible part of fire
• Chichewa: lawi — visible part of fire
• Chinese: хуәщир (huəxir) — visible part of fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 火焰 (huǒyàn) — visible part of fire
• Czech: plamen — visible part of fire
• Danish: flamme — visible part of fire
• Danish: lue — visible part of fire
• Dutch: vlam — visible part of fire
• Dutch: laai — visible part of fire
• Egyptian: t:kA-A-w-Q7 (tkꜣw) — visible part of fire
• Esperanto: flamo — visible part of fire
• Estonian: leek — visible part of fire
• Extremaduran: flama — visible part of fire
• Finnish: liekki — visible part of fire
• French: flamme — visible part of fire
• Old French: flamme — visible part of fire
• West-Frisian: flam — visible part of fire
• Friulian: flame — visible part of fire
• Galician: chama — visible part of fire
• Georgian: ალი (ali) — visible part of fire
• German: Flamme — visible part of fire
• German: Lohe — visible part of fire
• Greek: φλόγα (flóga) — visible part of fire
• Ancient Greek: φλόξ (phlóx) — visible part of fire
• Haitian Creole: flanm — visible part of fire
• Hebrew: לֶהָבָה (lehavá) — visible part of fire
• Hebrew: אֵשׁ (esh) — visible part of fire
• Higaonon: hapoy — visible part of fire
• Hindi: लौ (lau) — visible part of fire
• Hindi: ज्वाला (jvālā) — visible part of fire
• Hindi: शोला (śolā) — visible part of fire
• Hindi: लपट (lapaṭ) — visible part of fire
• Hungarian: láng — visible part of fire
• Icelandic: logi — visible part of fire
• Indonesian: nyala — visible part of fire
• Ingush: ала (ala) — visible part of fire
• Interlingua: flamma — visible part of fire
• Irish: lasair — visible part of fire
• Italian: fiamma — visible part of fire
• Japanese: 炎 (honō) — visible part of fire
• Japanese: 火炎 (kaen) — visible part of fire
• Old Japanese: 炎 (pono2po) — visible part of fire
• Javanese: urup — visible part of fire
• Old Javanese: urub — visible part of fire
• Kazakh: жалын (jalyn) — visible part of fire
• Khmer: សិខិន (sekhən) — visible part of fire
• Khmer: សុស្ម័ន (sohsman) — visible part of fire
• Korean: 불꽃 (bulkkot) — visible part of fire
• Korean: 불길 (bulgil) — visible part of fire
• Kyrgyz: жалын (jalın) — visible part of fire
• Lao: ຊະວາລະ (sa wā la) — visible part of fire
• Lao: ແປວໄຟ (pǣu fai) — visible part of fire
• Latgalian: līsme — visible part of fire
• Latin: flamma — visible part of fire
• Latvian: liesma — visible part of fire
• Latvian: guns (poetism) — visible part of fire
• Lithuanian: liepsna — visible part of fire
• Macedonian: пламен (plamen) — visible part of fire
• Malagasy: lelàfo — visible part of fire
• Malay: api — visible part of fire
• Malay: nyala — visible part of fire
• Maltese: fjamma — visible part of fire
• Māori: mura — visible part of fire
• Mongolian: дөл (döl) — visible part of fire
• Mongolian: ᠳᠥᠯᠦ (dölü) — visible part of fire
• Nahuatl: cuezaltol — visible part of fire
• Navajo: kǫʼ — visible part of fire
• Nogai: ялын (yalın) — visible part of fire
• Norwegian Bokmål: flamme — visible part of fire
• Norwegian Bokmål: lue — visible part of fire
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flamme — visible part of fire
• Norwegian Nynorsk: loge — visible part of fire
• Occitan: flamba — visible part of fire
• Church Slavic: пламꙑ (plamy) — visible part of fire
• Old English: līeġ — visible part of fire
• Persian: شعله (šo'le) — visible part of fire
• Persian: علو (alow) — visible part of fire
• Plautdietsch: Flaum — visible part of fire
• Polish: płomień — visible part of fire
• Portuguese: chama — visible part of fire
• Portuguese: flama — visible part of fire
• Romanian: flacără — visible part of fire
• Romanian: pară — visible part of fire
• Romanian: văpaie — visible part of fire
• Russian: пла́мя (plámja) — visible part of fire
• Russian: по́лы́мя (pólýmja) — visible part of fire
• Russian: пла́мень (plámenʹ) — visible part of fire
• Sardinian: fiama — visible part of fire
• Sardinian: fiamma — visible part of fire
• Scottish Gaelic: lasair — visible part of fire
• Serbo-Croatian: пла̏ме̄н — visible part of fire
• Serbo-Croatian: plȁmēn — visible part of fire
• Sicilian: çamma — visible part of fire
• Sicilian: (italianate) ciamma — visible part of fire
• Slovak: plameň — visible part of fire
• Slovene: plamen — visible part of fire
• Somali: olol — visible part of fire
• Southern Altai: јалын (ǰalïn) — visible part of fire
• Southern Altai: јалкын (ǰalkïn) — visible part of fire
• Spanish: flama — visible part of fire
• Spanish: llama — visible part of fire
• Spanish: fogarada — visible part of fire
• Spanish: llamarada — visible part of fire
• Spanish: fogonazo — visible part of fire
• Spanish: chamarada — visible part of fire
• Swahili: mwale — visible part of fire
• Swedish: flamma — visible part of fire
• Swedish: låga — visible part of fire
• Tabasaran: ялав (jalav) — visible part of fire
• Tajik: шӯъла (šü'la) — visible part of fire
• Tajik: аланга (alanga) — visible part of fire
• Tajik: алов (alov) — visible part of fire
• Tamil: பிழம்பு (piḻampu) — visible part of fire
• Tarifit: timessi — visible part of fire
• Tarifit: ḥaduq — visible part of fire
• Telugu: మంట (maṇṭa) — visible part of fire
• Tetum: lakan — visible part of fire
• Thai: เปลวไฟ (bpleeo-fai) — visible part of fire
• Thai: อัคนิคณะ (àk-ní-ká-ná) — visible part of fire
• Tocharian B: sleme — visible part of fire
• Tok Pisin: paia — visible part of fire
• Tonga (Zambia): ibbibi — visible part of fire
• Tongan: ulo — visible part of fire
• Tupinambá: ataendy (t-) — visible part of fire
• Turkish: alev — visible part of fire
• Turkish: yalın — visible part of fire
• Turkmen: ýalyn — visible part of fire
• Ukrainian: по́лум'я (pólumʺja) — visible part of fire
• Urdu: شعلہ (śolā) — visible part of fire
• Urdu: لو (lau) — visible part of fire
• Uzbek: olov — visible part of fire
• Uzbek: alanga — visible part of fire
• Vietnamese: ngọn lửa — visible part of fire
• Walloon: blame — visible part of fire
• Walloon: flame — visible part of fire
• Welsh: fflam — visible part of fire
• Welsh: ffagl — visible part of fire
• Yámana: šola — visible part of fire
• Yiddish: פֿלאַם (flam) — visible part of fire
• Yiddish: פֿײַערצונג (fayertsung) — visible part of fire
• Bulgarian: страст (strast) — romantic partner
• Chinese Mandarin: 戀人 /恋人 (liànrén) — romantic partner
• Czech: milenec — romantic partner
• Czech: milenka — romantic partner
• Danish: flamme — romantic partner
• Finnish: heila — romantic partner
• German: Flamme — romantic partner
• Greek: έρωτας (érotas) — romantic partner
• Greek: αίσθημα (aísthima) — romantic partner
• Italian: fiamma — romantic partner
• Japanese: 恋人 (koibito) — romantic partner
• Japanese: 彼 (kare) — romantic partner
• Japanese: 彼女 (kanojo) — romantic partner
• Korean: 연인 (yeonin) — romantic partner
• Korean: 련인 (ryeonin) — romantic partner
• Korean: 애인 (aein) — romantic partner
• Polish: kochanka — romantic partner
• Polish: kochanek — romantic partner
• Romanian: iubit — romantic partner
• Romanian: iubită — romantic partner
• Russian: страсть (strastʹ) — romantic partner
• Russian: предме́т любви́ (predmét ljubví) — romantic partner
• Swedish: flamma — romantic partner
• Chinese Mandarin: 火藥味 /火药味 (huǒyàowèi) — criticism
• Estonian: leim — criticism
• Finnish: trollaus — criticism
• French: polémique — criticism
• Italian: flame — criticism
• Japanese: フレーム (furēmu) — criticism
• Polish: krytycyzm — criticism
• Russian: флейм (flejm) — criticism
• Bulgarian: огненочервен (ognenočerven) — colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 鮮紅色 /鲜红色 (xiānhóngsè) — colour
• Japanese: 炎色 (enshoku) — colour
• Polish: ognista czerwień — colour
• Swedish: brandgul — colour
• Turkish: ateş kırmızısı — colour
• Finnish: loimukuvio — contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood
• Bulgarian: пламък (plamǎk) — burning sentiment
• Bulgarian: плам (plam) — burning sentiment
• Chinese Mandarin: 激情 (jīqíng) — burning sentiment
• Finnish: polte — burning sentiment
• Bulgarian: пламвам (plamvam) — to produce flames
• Bulgarian: пламтя (plamtja) — to produce flames
• Catalan: flamejar — to produce flames
• Danish: flamme — to produce flames
• Dutch: vlammen — to produce flames
• Dutch: laaien — to produce flames
• Finnish: leimuta — to produce flames
• Finnish: loimuta — to produce flames
• Finnish: olla liekeissä — to produce flames
• Greek: φλέγομαι (flégomai) — to produce flames
• Hindi: जलाना (jalānā) — to produce flames
• Ingrian: lekkaa — to produce flames
• Interlingua: flammar — to produce flames
• Italian: fiammeggiare — to produce flames
• Italian: infiammare — to produce flames
• Japanese: 炎を出す (honō o dasu) — to produce flames
• Japanese: 燃える (moeru) — to produce flames
• Japanese: 燃え上がる (moeagaru) — to produce flames
• Central Kurdish: گِڕگِرتِن (girrgirtin) — to produce flames
• Latvian: liesmot — to produce flames
• Polish: rozpalić — to produce flames
• Polish: rozpalać — to produce flames
• Polish: rozniecić — to produce flames
• Polish: rozniecać — to produce flames
• Portuguese: inflamar — to produce flames
• Romanian: înflăcăra — to produce flames
• Russian: пыла́ть (pylátʹ) — to produce flames
• Spanish: flamear — to produce flames
• Swedish: flamma — to produce flames
• Swedish: flamma upp — to produce flames
• Bulgarian: пламвам (plamvam) — to burst forth like flame
• Bulgarian: пламна (plamna) — to burst forth like flame
• Bulgarian: пламтя (plamtja) — to burst forth like flame
• Bulgarian: паля се (palja se) — to burst forth like flame
• Finnish: leimahtaa — to burst forth like flame
• Danish: blusse — to post a critical or abusive message on the Internet
• Finnish: herjata — to post a critical or abusive message on the Internet
• Finnish: trollata — to post a critical or abusive message on the Internet
• German: anmachen — to post a critical or abusive message on the Internet
• Italian: flammare — to post a critical or abusive message on the Internet
• Japanese: 叩く (tataku) — to post a critical or abusive message on the Internet
• Russian: фле́ймить (fléjmitʹ) — to post a critical or abusive message on the Internet
• Turkish: flame atmak — to post a critical or abusive message on the Internet
• Turkish: flamelemek — to post a critical or abusive message on the Internet
• Turkish: flame yapmak — to post a critical or abusive message on the Internet