"spontaneous combustion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: spontaneous combustions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spontaneous combustion (countable and uncountable, plural spontaneous combustions)
  1. Combustion without an external source of heat. Wikipedia link: spontaneous combustion Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: autocombustion Derived forms: spontaneous human combustion Related terms: burst into flames Translations (combustion without a source of heat): 自燃 (zìrán) (Chinese Mandarin), itsesyttyminen (Finnish), Selbstentzündung [feminine] (German), αυτανάφλεξη (aftanáflexi) [feminine] (Greek), samozapłon [masculine] (Polish), combustão espontânea [feminine] (Portuguese), combustie spontană [feminine] (Romanian), autoaprindere [feminine] (Romanian), autoaprins [neuter, rare] (Romanian), самовозгора́ние (samovozgoránije) [neuter] (Russian), självantändning [common-gender] (Swedish), kusang-liyab (Tagalog), самозайма́ння (samozajmánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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