"combustible" meaning in English

See combustible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kəmˈbʌstɪbəl/ Audio: en-us-combustible.ogg Forms: more combustible [comparative], most combustible [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French combustible, equivalent to combust + -ible. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|combustible}} Middle French combustible, {{suf|en|combust|ible}} combust + -ible Head templates: {{en-adj}} combustible (comparative more combustible, superlative most combustible)
  1. Capable of burning. Synonyms: flammable, ;, inflammable[contranym]]ic senses> Coordinate_terms: fire-resistant, fire-retardant, flame-retardant Translations (capable of burning): запалим (zapalim) (Bulgarian), възпламеним (vǎzplamenim) (Bulgarian), combustible (Catalan), hořlavý (Czech), brandbaar (Dutch), palava (Finnish), syttyvä (Finnish), combustible (French), combustible (Galician), combustíbel (Galician), brennbar (German), verbrennbar (German), gyúlékony (Hungarian), 可燃性の (kanensei no) (Japanese), ħruqi (Maltese), so-ghreesaghey (Manx), yn-lostey (Manx), brennbar (Norwegian Bokmål), brennbar (Norwegian Nynorsk), palny (Polish), łatwopalny (Polish), combustível (Portuguese), combustibil (Romanian), воспламеня́емый (vosplamenjájemyj) (Russian), воспламеня́ющийся (vosplamenjájuščijsja) (Russian), combustible (Spanish), brännbar (Swedish), maliyab (Tagalog), yanıcı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-combustible-en-adj-F3-8RJLs Disambiguation of 'capable of burning': 97 3
  2. (figurative, dated) Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible. Tags: dated, figuratively
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autocombustible, combustibleness, combustibly, multicombustible, non-combustible, noncombustible, polycombustible, uncombustible Related terms: combust, combustibility, combustion

Noun

IPA: /kəmˈbʌstɪbəl/ Audio: en-us-combustible.ogg Forms: combustibles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French combustible, equivalent to combust + -ible. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|combustible}} Middle French combustible, {{suf|en|combust|ible}} combust + -ible Head templates: {{en-noun}} combustible (plural combustibles)
  1. A material that is capable of burning. Translations (material capable of burning): горивен материал (english: goriven material) (Bulgarian), combustible [masculine] (Catalan), syttyvä aine (Finnish), combustible [masculine] (French), combustible [masculine] (Galician), combustíbel [masculine] (Galician), Brennstoff [masculine] (German), 可燃物 (kanenbutsu) (Japanese), combustível [masculine] (Portuguese), то́пливо (tóplivo) [neuter] (Russian), combustible [masculine] (Spanish), liyabin (Tagalog), yanıcı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-combustible-en-noun-k1j4HkcL Disambiguation of 'material capable of burning': 95 5
  2. (tobacco industry) A cigarette or a similar product intended for smoking, as opposed to an electronic cigarette.
    Sense id: en-combustible-en-noun-UpvVbz~X

Inflected forms

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