hellfire

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• UK: /ˈhɛlˌfaɪə/
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• US: /ˈhɛlˌfaɪəɹ/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 L F AY2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English helle fire, helever, from Old English hellefȳr, equivalent to hell + fire. Cognate with West Frisian helfjoer (“hellfire”), Dutch hellevuur (“hellfire”), German Höllenfeuer (“hellfire”).

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَارُ جَهَنَّم (nāru jahannam) — fire of hell
• Chinese Mandarin: 地獄之火 /地狱之火 (dìyùzhīhuǒ) — fire of hell
• Chinese Mandarin: 業火 /业火 (:yèhuǒ) — fire of hell
• Dutch: hellevuur — fire of hell
• Estonian: põrgutuli — fire of hell
• Finnish: helvetin tuli — fire of hell
• French: feu de l'enfer — fire of hell
• German: Höllenfeuer — fire of hell
• Greek: πυρ το εξώτερο (pyr to exótero) — fire of hell
• Hebrew: תֹּפֶת (tófet) — fire of hell
• Hindi: दोजग (dojag) — fire of hell
• Hindi: जहन्नम (jahannam) — fire of hell
• Italian: fuoco d'inferno — fire of hell
• Italian: fiamme dell'inferno — fire of hell
• Japanese: 業火 (gōka) — fire of hell
• Persian: دوزخ (dowzax) — fire of hell
• Plautdietsch: Halenfia — fire of hell
• Polish: ogień piekielny — fire of hell
• Portuguese: fogo do inferno — fire of hell
• Russian: гее́нна о́гненная (gejénna ógnennaja) — fire of hell
• Russian: а́дский ого́нь (ádskij ogónʹ) — fire of hell
• Serbo-Croatian: паклени огањ — fire of hell
• Serbo-Croatian: pakleni oganj — fire of hell
• Urdu: دوزخ (dozax) — fire of hell
• Urdu: جہنم (jahannam) — fire of hell
• Finnish: helvetin tuli — fire caused by the Devil
• Finnish: pätsi — intensive fire
• Hebrew: תֹּפֶת (tófet) — intensive fire