flare

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• Received-Pronunciation: /flɛə̯/
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• General-American: /flɛɚ̯/
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• Australian: /fleː/
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• New-Zealand: /fleə/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• /fliə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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• Scotland: /fleɹ/
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• /flɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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• homophone: flair
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• homophone: fleer (cheer–chair merger)
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• homophone: fleur (fair–fur merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: F L EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Origin uncertain, first recorded in the mid 16th century, probably related to Latin flagrō (“to burn”). Norwegian flara (“to blaze; to flaunt in gaudy attire”) has a similar meaning, but the English word predates it. Possibly related to Middle High German vlederen (“to flutter”), represented by modern German flattern. The noun is derived from the verb.

167 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Esperanto: brilego — sudden bright light
• Sicilian: lampu — sudden bright light
• Bulgarian: ярка светлина (jarka svetlina) — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Bulgarian: сияние (sijanie) — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Dutch: vuurpijl — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Finnish: soihtu — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Finnish: valoammus — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Finnish: hätäsoihtu — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• French: fusée lumineuse — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• German: Fackel — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• German: Leuchtfackel — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• German: Bengalo — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• German: Leuchtsignal — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• German: Leuchtkugel — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• German: Leuchtzeichen — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Greek: φωτοβολίδα (fotovolída) — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Irish: lasair — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Italian: bagliore — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Norwegian Bokmål: fakkel — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fakkel — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Polish: blask — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Portuguese: sinalizador — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Romanian: semnal luminos — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Russian: вспы́шка (vspýška) — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Russian: взрыв (vzryv) — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Russian: вспо́лох (vspólox) — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Sicilian: lampu — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Swedish: lysraket — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Tagalog: ansisilaw — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Turkish: işaret ışığı — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Welsh: ffagliad — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Welsh: fflach — source of brightly burning light or intense heat
• Czech: světlice — type of pyrotechnic
• Finnish: valoraketti — type of pyrotechnic
• French: feu de Bengale — type of pyrotechnic
• French: feu de bengale — type of pyrotechnic
• German: bengalisches Feuer — type of pyrotechnic
• German: Leuchtkugel — type of pyrotechnic
• German: Leuchtgeschoß — type of pyrotechnic
• German: Bengalo — type of pyrotechnic
• Greek: φωτοβολίδα (fotovolída) — type of pyrotechnic
• Irish: bladhm — type of pyrotechnic
• Māori: mura ahotea — type of pyrotechnic
• Māori: rama muramura — type of pyrotechnic
• Polish: rakietnica — type of pyrotechnic
• Polish: flara — type of pyrotechnic
• Russian: фальшфе́йер (falʹšféjjer) — type of pyrotechnic
• Russian: фа́йер (fájjer) — type of pyrotechnic
• Russian: бенга́льский ого́нь (bengálʹskij ogónʹ) — type of pyrotechnic
• Sicilian: funtana di focu — type of pyrotechnic
• Spanish: bengala — type of pyrotechnic
• Spanish: luz de Bengala — type of pyrotechnic
• Spanish: luz bengalí — type of pyrotechnic
• Turkish: meşale — type of pyrotechnic
• Welsh: ffagl — type of pyrotechnic
• Welsh: goleuad — type of pyrotechnic
• Finnish: soihdutus — flame from burn-off of waste gas
• German: Gasfackel — flame from burn-off of waste gas
• Norwegian Bokmål: fakkel — flame from burn-off of waste gas
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fakkel — flame from burn-off of waste gas
• Russian: га́зовый фа́кел (gázovyj fákel) — flame from burn-off of waste gas
• Finnish: leveä kohta — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• Finnish: levenemä — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• Finnish: levike — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• German: Stulp — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• German: Rand — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• German: Bördelrand — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• German: Flansch — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• German: Aufbördelung — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• German: Trichterrand — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• Irish: spré — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• Russian: расшире́ние (rasširénije) — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• Russian: растру́б (rastrúb) — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• Russian: развальцо́вка (razvalʹcóvka) — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• Welsh: ymlediad — widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width
• Bulgarian: разкрояване (razkrojavane) — widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans
• Dutch: brede broekspijp — widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans
• Finnish: levennys — widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans
• German: Schlag — widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans
• German: Aufweitung — widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans
• Irish: spré — widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans
• Polish: szwedy — widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans
• Polish: klosz — widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans
• Romanian: evazare — widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans
• Russian: клёш (kljoš) — widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans
• Serbo-Croatian: trapez — widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans
• Welsh: fflêr — widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans
• Danish: udfladning — transition from downward flight to level flight
• Finnish: loppuveto — transition from downward flight to level flight
• Finnish: loppuloivennus — transition from downward flight to level flight
• French: arrondi — transition from downward flight to level flight
• German: Abfangen — transition from downward flight to level flight
• Russian: выде́рживание (vydérživanije) — transition from downward flight to level flight
• Finnish: sytyttää — to cause to burn
• German: anzünden — to cause to burn
• German: entzünden — to cause to burn
• Russian: сжигать (sžigatʹ) — to cause to burn
• Russian: сжечь (sžečʹ) — to cause to burn
• Russian: воспаля́ть (vospaljátʹ) — to cause inflammation, to inflame
• Russian: воспали́ть (vospalítʹ) — to cause inflammation, to inflame
• Russian: распаля́ть (raspaljátʹ) — to cause inflammation, to inflame
• Russian: распали́ть (raspalítʹ) — to cause inflammation, to inflame
• Russian: разжигать (razžigatʹ) — to cause inflammation, to inflame
• Russian: разжечь (razžečʹ) — to cause inflammation, to inflame
• Bulgarian: разкроявам (razkrojavam) — to open outward in shape
• Finnish: levittää (tr) — to open outward in shape
• Finnish: levitä (intr) — to open outward in shape
• German: weiten — to open outward in shape
• German: ausweiten — to open outward in shape
• German: ausdehnen — to open outward in shape
• Russian: расширя́ться (rasširjátʹsja) — to open outward in shape
• Russian: расши́риться (rasšíritʹsja) — to open outward in shape
• Russian: расширя́ть (rasširjátʹ) — to open outward in shape
• Russian: расши́рить (rasšíritʹ) — to open outward in shape
• Russian: разраста́ться (razrastátʹsja) — to open outward in shape
• Russian: разда́ться (razdátʹsja) — to open outward in shape
• Bulgarian: пламвам (plamvam) — to blaze brightly
• Bulgarian: лумвам (lumvam) — to blaze brightly
• Finnish: loimuta — to blaze brightly
• Finnish: roihuta — to blaze brightly
• German: hell leuchten — to blaze brightly
• German: hell lodern — to blaze brightly
• German: abfackeln — to blaze brightly
• Greek: λάμπω (lámpo) — to blaze brightly
• Italian: sfolgorare — to blaze brightly
• Italian: brillare — to blaze brightly
• Italian: scintillare — to blaze brightly
• Norwegian Bokmål: fakle — to blaze brightly
• Russian: пыла́ть (pylátʹ) — to blaze brightly
• Russian: полыха́ть (polyxátʹ) — to blaze brightly
• Russian: горе́ть (gorétʹ) — to blaze brightly
• Russian: пламене́ть (plamenétʹ) — to blaze brightly
• Finnish: lepattaa — to shine out with a sudden and unsteady light
• German: auffflackern — to shine out with a sudden and unsteady light
• German: aufleuchten — to shine out with a sudden and unsteady light
• Russian: мерца́ть (mercátʹ) — to shine out with a sudden and unsteady light
• Russian: вспы́хивать (vspýxivatʹ) — to shine out with a sudden and unsteady light
• Russian: вспы́хнуть (vspýxnutʹ) — to shine out with a sudden and unsteady light
• German: grell leuchten — to shine out with gaudy colours
• German: schrill aufleuchten — to shine out with gaudy colours
• Russian: крича́ть (kričátʹ) — to shine out with gaudy colours
• Russian: пестре́ть (pestrétʹ) — to shine out with gaudy colours
• Russian: пестри́ть (pestrítʹ) — to shine out with gaudy colours
• Russian: красова́ться (krasovátʹsja) — to shine out with gaudy colours
• Russian: броса́ться в глаза́ (brosátʹsja v glazá) — to shine out with gaudy colours
• Russian: ре́зать глаза́ (rézatʹ glazá) — to shine out with gaudy colours
• Russian: мозо́лить глаза́ (mozólitʹ glazá) — to shine out with gaudy colours
• German: auflodern — to suddenly happen or intensify
• Russian: вспы́хивать (vspýxivatʹ) — to suddenly happen or intensify
• Russian: вспы́хнуть (vspýxnutʹ) — to suddenly happen or intensify
• Russian: разгора́ться (razgorátʹsja) — to suddenly happen or intensify
• Russian: разгоре́ться (razgorétʹsja) — to suddenly happen or intensify
• Russian: разража́ться (razražátʹsja) — to suddenly happen or intensify
• Russian: разрази́ться (razrazítʹsja) — to suddenly happen or intensify
• German: plötzlich auffahren — to suddenly erupt in anger
• German: plötzlich hochfahren — to suddenly erupt in anger
• German: explodieren — to suddenly erupt in anger
• Russian: вспыли́ть (vspylítʹ) — to suddenly erupt in anger
• Russian: вспы́хнуть (vspýxnutʹ) — to suddenly erupt in anger
• Russian: вскипе́ть (vskipétʹ) — to suddenly erupt in anger
• Russian: взбеси́ться (vzbesítʹsja) — to suddenly erupt in anger
• Russian: срыва́ться (sryvátʹsja) — to suddenly erupt in anger
• Russian: сорва́ться (sorvátʹsja) — to suddenly erupt in anger
• Russian: взрыва́ться (vzryvátʹsja) — to suddenly erupt in anger
• Russian: взорва́ться pf взбелени́ться (vzorvátʹsja) — to suddenly erupt in anger
• Russian: рассвирепе́ть (rassvirepétʹ) — to suddenly erupt in anger
• Russian: остервене́ть (ostervenétʹ) — to suddenly erupt in anger