"incinerate" meaning in English

See incinerate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈsɪnəɹeɪt/ [UK, verb], /ɪnˈsɪnəɹət/ [UK, adjective], /ɪnˈsɪnɚeɪt/ [US], /ɪnˈsɪnjɚeɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incinerate.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incinerate-adj.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō (“to burn into ashes”), from cinis (“ashes”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|incinerātus}} Latin incinerātus, {{m|la|incinerō||to burn into ashes}} incinerō (“to burn into ashes”), {{m|la|cinis||ashes}} cinis (“ashes”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} incinerate (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-incinerate-en-adj-g2P-Ub8n Disambiguation of Fire: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 83 17

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈsɪnəɹeɪt/ [UK, verb], /ɪnˈsɪnəɹət/ [UK, adjective], /ɪnˈsɪnɚeɪt/ [US], /ɪnˈsɪnjɚeɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incinerate.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incinerate-adj.wav [Southern-England] Forms: incinerates [present, singular, third-person], incinerating [participle, present], incinerated [participle, past], incinerated [past]
Etymology: From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō (“to burn into ashes”), from cinis (“ashes”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|incinerātus}} Latin incinerātus, {{m|la|incinerō||to burn into ashes}} incinerō (“to burn into ashes”), {{m|la|cinis||ashes}} cinis (“ashes”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} incinerate (third-person singular simple present incinerates, present participle incinerating, simple past and past participle incinerated)
  1. (transitive) To destroy by burning. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Fire Translations (destroy by burning): ἀποτεφρόω (apotephróō) (Ancient Greek), изгарям (izgarjam) (Bulgarian), кремирам (kremiram) (Bulgarian), изпепелявам (izpepeljavam) (Bulgarian), incinerar (Catalan), 焚化 (fénhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 燃燒 (Chinese Mandarin), 燃烧 (ránshāo) (Chinese Mandarin), verbranden (Dutch), polttaa (Finnish), tuhkata (note: of the dead) (Finnish), incinérer (French), verbrennen (German), αποτεφρώνω (apotefróno) (Greek), eléget [singular] (Hungarian), 焼却する (shōkyaku suru) (alt: しょうきゃくする) (Japanese), 燃やす (moyasu) (alt: もやす) (Japanese), 소각(燒却)하다 (sogakhada) (Korean), 태우다 (tae'uda) (Korean), menunu (Malay), tūmata (Maori), spopielać [imperfective] (Polish), spopielić [perfective] (Polish), spalać [imperfective] (Polish), spalić [perfective] (Polish), incinerar (Portuguese), сжига́ть (sžigátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сжечь (sžečʹ) [perfective] (Russian), креми́ровать (kremírovatʹ) (english: cremate) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), incinerar (Spanish), förbränna (Swedish), yakmak (Turkish), згоряти (zhorjaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), thiêu (Vietnamese), פֿאַרברענען (farbrenen) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-incinerate-en-verb-zaIWJV1S Disambiguation of Fire: 52 48

Inflected forms

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        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izgarjam",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "изгарям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kremiram",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "кремирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpepeljavam",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "изпепелявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "incinerar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fénhuà",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "焚化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "燃燒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ránshāo",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "燃烧"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "verbranden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "polttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "of the dead",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "tuhkata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "incinérer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "verbrennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apotefróno",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "αποτεφρώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apotephróō",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "ἀποτεφρόω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "eléget"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうきゃくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōkyaku suru",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "焼却する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "もやす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "moyasu",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "燃やす"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sogakhada",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "소각(燒却)하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tae'uda",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "태우다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "menunu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "tūmata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "spopielać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "spopielić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "spalać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "spalić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "incinerar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sžigátʹ",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сжига́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sžečʹ",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сжечь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "cremate",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kremírovatʹ",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "креми́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "incinerar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "förbränna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "yakmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zhorjaty",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "згоряти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "thiêu"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "farbrenen",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "פֿאַרברענען"
    }
  ],
  "word": "incinerate"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English heteronyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English verbs",
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "incinerātus"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "incinerō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to burn into ashes"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cinis",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ashes"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
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        "Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed."
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        "(obsolete) Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈsɪnəɹət/",
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        "UK",
        "adjective"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈsɪnɚeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈsɪnjɚeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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