scorch

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• Received-Pronunciation: /skɔːtʃ/
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• General-American: /skɔɹt͡ʃ/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tʃ
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• CMU ARPABET: S K AO1 R CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English scorchen, scorcnen (“to make dry; parch”), perhaps an alteration of earlier *scorpnen, from Old Norse skorpna (“to shrivel up”).

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: skuq — A slight or surface burn
• Bulgarian: обгаряне (obgarjane) — A slight or surface burn
• Czech: ožehnutí — A slight or surface burn
• Czech: ožeh — A slight or surface burn
• Czech: sežehnutí — A slight or surface burn
• Finnish: kärventymä — A slight or surface burn
• Italian: bruciacchiatura — A slight or surface burn
• Italian: strinatura — A slight or surface burn
• Italian: bruciatura — A slight or surface burn
• Italian: scottatura — A slight or surface burn
• Old English: senġan — A slight or surface burn
• Portuguese: chamuscada — A slight or surface burn
• Russian: ожо́г (ožóg) — A slight or surface burn
• Sicilian: affaratura — A slight or surface burn
• Albanian: shlyerje — A discolouration caused by heat
• Dutch: een verkleuring veroorzaakt door hitte — A discolouration caused by heat
• Finnish: kärventymä — A discolouration caused by heat
• Finnish: palanut kohta — A discolouration caused by heat
• Italian: strinatura — A discolouration caused by heat
• Sicilian: scumputa — A discolouration caused by heat
• Sicilian: stinciuta — A discolouration caused by heat
• Finnish: kuivunut kohta — Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi
• Italian: imbrunimento — Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi
• Sicilian: fuchiata — Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi
• Bulgarian: обгарям (obgarjam) — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Chinese Mandarin: 烤焦 — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Czech: ožehnout — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Czech: sežehnout — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Dutch: schroeien — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Dutch: verzengen — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Finnish: paahtaa — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Finnish: korventaa — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Finnish: kärventää — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• French: roussir — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• French: brûler — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Galician: chamuscar — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Galician: torrar — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Galician: esturruxar — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• German: verbrennen — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• German: versengen — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Hungarian: perzsel — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Ido: bruletar — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Irish: tíor — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Italian: bruciacchiare — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Italian: scottare — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Latin: adūrō — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Māori: ngunu — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Māori: hunuhunu — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Persian: پرهودن (parhudan) — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Persian: پیهودن (peyhudan) — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Polish: przypalić — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Polish: przypalać — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Portuguese: chamuscar — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Russian: обжига́ть (obžigátʹ) — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Russian: обже́чь (obžéčʹ) — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Russian: пали́ть (palítʹ) — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Russian: спали́ть (spalítʹ) — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Russian: опаля́ть (opaljátʹ) — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Russian: опали́ть (opalítʹ) — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Russian: выжига́ть (vyžigátʹ) — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Russian: вы́жечь (výžečʹ) — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Sanskrit: प्लोषति (ploṣati) — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Spanish: chamuscar — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Spanish: achicharrar — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Spanish: abrasar — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Spanish: calcinar — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Swedish: bränna — to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
• Azerbaijani: ütmək — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Bulgarian: изгарям (izgarjam) — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Czech: spálit — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Dutch: verschroeien — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Finnish: polttaa — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Galician: torrar — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Galician: queimar — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• German: verbrennen — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Ido: bruletar — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Italian: bruciare — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Italian: incendiare — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Italian: incenerire — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Italian: ardere — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Italian: fare tabula rasa — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Korean: 질주 (jilju) — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Latin: ūrō — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Māori: rangirangi — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Polish: przypiekać — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Portuguese: queimar — to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire
• Bulgarian: изгарям се (izgarjam se) — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Dutch: verzengen — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Finnish: paahtaa — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Finnish: korventaa — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Finnish: kärventää — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Finnish: paahtua — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Finnish: korventua — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Finnish: kärventyä — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• French: roussir — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• French: brûler — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Galician: chamuscar — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Ido: bruletar — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Italian: scottarsi — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Portuguese: chamuscar — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Russian: выгора́ть (vygorátʹ) — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Russian: вы́гореть (výgoretʹ) — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Russian: опаля́ться (opaljátʹsja) — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Russian: опали́ться (opalítʹsja) — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Ottoman Turkish: یانمق (yanmak) — to (cause to) become scorched or singed
• Bulgarian: карам лудо (karam ludo) — to move at high speed
• Chinese Mandarin: 疾驰 (jíchí) — to move at high speed
• Czech: řítit se — to move at high speed
• Finnish: paahtaa — to move at high speed
• Finnish: kaahata — to move at high speed
• German: rasen — to move at high speed
• Czech: spálit — to burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire
• Finnish: polttaa — to burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire
• Finnish: paahtaa — to burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire
• Finnish: hiillostaa — to attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence
• French: incendier — to attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence