"vlam" meaning in Dutch

See vlam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vlɑm/ Audio: Nl-vlam.ogg Forms: vlammen [plural], vlammetje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɑm Etymology: From Middle Dutch vlamme, from Old Dutch flamma, from Old French flamme, from Latin flamma. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|vlamme}} Middle Dutch vlamme, {{inh|nl|odt|flamma}} Old Dutch flamma, {{der|nl|fro|flamme}} Old French flamme, {{der|nl|la|flamma}} Latin flamma Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+}} vlam f (plural vlammen, diminutive vlammetje n)
  1. flame Tags: feminine Synonyms: laai
    Sense id: en-vlam-nl-noun-vZ3F942s Categories (other): Fire Disambiguation of Fire: 69 31 0 0 0
  2. (informal, metonymic) love interest, partner Tags: feminine, informal, metonymically
    Sense id: en-vlam-nl-noun-uSYw6FJw Categories (other): Dutch metonyms, Love Disambiguation of Love: 2 84 6 6 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vlammenwerper, vlamverdeler, waakvlam
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /vlɑm/ Audio: Nl-vlam.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑm Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|nl|verb form}} vlam
  1. inflection of vlammen:
    first-person singular present indicative
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: vlammen
    Sense id: en-vlam-nl-verb-2g8OAiKI Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 6 1 6 41 41 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 1 3 45 45 3 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 1 6 41 41 12
  2. inflection of vlammen:
    (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Form of: vlammen
    Sense id: en-vlam-nl-verb-cM7YsVuP Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 6 1 6 41 41 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 1 3 45 45 3 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 1 6 41 41 12
  3. inflection of vlammen:
    imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative Form of: vlammen
    Sense id: en-vlam-nl-verb-pCz8g0F9 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 1 6 41 41 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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      "expansion": "Old Dutch flamma",
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      "expansion": "Old French flamme",
      "name": "der"
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        "3": "flamma"
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      "expansion": "Latin flamma",
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      "form": "vlammen",
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        "plural"
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      ]
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          "_dis": "69 31 0 0 0",
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      ],
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    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑm"
    }
  ],
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}

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          "vlammen#Dutch"
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          "vlammen#Dutch"
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