ignition

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1engw- Proto-Indo-European *h1n̥gwnís Proto-Italic *engwnis Latin ignis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin ignio Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ignītiōlbor. English ignition Learned borrowing from Latin ignītiō. By surface analysis, ignite + -ion.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пламване (plamvane) — the act of igniting
• Bulgarian: възпламеняване (vǎzplamenjavane) — the act of igniting
• Catalan: ignició — the act of igniting
• Czech: vzplanutí — the act of igniting
• Czech: vznícení — the act of igniting
• Finnish: sytyttäminen — the act of igniting
• Finnish: sytytys — the act of igniting
• French: ignition — the act of igniting
• Georgian: აალება (aaleba) — the act of igniting
• Georgian: ანთება (anteba) — the act of igniting
• German: Zündung — the act of igniting
• Greek: ανάφλεξη (anáflexi) — the act of igniting
• Irish: adhaint — the act of igniting
• Italian: ignizione — the act of igniting
• Italian: accensione — the act of igniting
• Japanese: 点火 (tenka) — the act of igniting
• Japanese: 発火 (hakka) — the act of igniting
• Latin: ignitio — the act of igniting
• Malay: penyalaan — the act of igniting
• Mongolian: асаалт (asaalt) — the act of igniting
• Mongolian: ᠠᠰᠠᠭᠠᠯᠲᠠ (asaɣalta) — the act of igniting
• Norwegian Bokmål: tenning — the act of igniting
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tenning — the act of igniting
• Polish: zapłonięcie — the act of igniting
• Portuguese: ignição — the act of igniting
• Russian: зажига́ние (zažigánije) — the act of igniting
• Spanish: ignición — the act of igniting
• Bulgarian: запалване (zapalvane) — initiation of combustion
• Czech: vzplanutí — initiation of combustion
• Finnish: sytyttäminen — initiation of combustion
• Finnish: syttyminen — initiation of combustion
• Georgian: ანთება (anteba) — initiation of combustion
• German: Zündung — initiation of combustion
• Greek: ανάφλεξη (anáflexi) — initiation of combustion
• Hungarian: gyújtás — initiation of combustion
• Italian: ignizione — initiation of combustion
• Italian: accensione — initiation of combustion
• Latin: ignitio — initiation of combustion
• Norwegian Bokmål: tenning — initiation of combustion
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tenning — initiation of combustion
• Polish: zapłon — initiation of combustion
• Portuguese: ignição — initiation of combustion
• Spanish: encendido — initiation of combustion
• Tagalog: duop — initiation of combustion
• Bulgarian: запалване (zapalvane) — system for activating combustion in an engine
• Czech: zapalování — system for activating combustion in an engine
• Finnish: sytytys — system for activating combustion in an engine
• French: allumage — system for activating combustion in an engine
• German: Zündung — system for activating combustion in an engine
• Greek: ανάφλεξη (anáflexi) — system for activating combustion in an engine
• Hungarian: gyújtás — system for activating combustion in an engine
• Japanese: 点火装置 (tenka sōchi) — system for activating combustion in an engine
• Norwegian Bokmål: tenning — system for activating combustion in an engine
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tenning — system for activating combustion in an engine
• Polish: zapłon — system for activating combustion in an engine
• Portuguese: partida — system for activating combustion in an engine
• Portuguese: ignição — system for activating combustion in an engine
• Russian: зажига́ние (zažigánije) — system for activating combustion in an engine
• Scottish Gaelic: adhnaidh — system for activating combustion in an engine
• Spanish: encendido — system for activating combustion in an engine
• German: Zündung — key receptacle for starting a vehicle
• Italian: blocchetto — key receptacle for starting a vehicle
• Polish: stacyjka — key receptacle for starting a vehicle
• Romanian: contact — key receptacle for starting a vehicle