"inferno" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈfɝnoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inferno.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-inferno.wav [US] Forms: infernos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəʊ Etymology: From Italian inferno (“hell”), from Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the lower regions”); see infernal. The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|inferno||hell}} Italian inferno (“hell”), {{der|en|la|infernus||of the lower regions}} Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), {{m|la|inferna||the lower regions}} inferna (“the lower regions”), {{m|en|infernal}} infernal, {{l|en|hellfire}} hellfire Head templates: {{en-noun}} inferno (plural infernos)
  1. A place or situation resembling Hell. Translations (place or situation resembling Hell): جَحِيم (jaḥīm) (Arabic), جَهَنَّم (jahannam) [masculine] (Arabic), тамуҡ (tamuq) (Bashkir), йәһәннәм (yəhənnəm) (Bashkir), ад (ad) [masculine] (Bulgarian), пъкъл (pǎkǎl) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 地獄 (Chinese Mandarin), 地狱 (dìyù) (Chinese Mandarin), inferno [neuter] (Danish), pätsi (english: extremely hot place) (Finnish), helvetti (Finnish), horna (Finnish), inferno (english: generally) (Finnish), tulihelvetti (english: heavy bombardment) (Finnish), enfer [masculine] (French), Hölle [feminine] (German), Inferno [neuter] (German), κόλαση (kólasi) [feminine] (Greek), inferno [masculine] (Italian), 地獄 (jigoku) (alt: じごく) (Japanese), 지옥 (jiok) (alt: 地獄) (Korean), inferno [masculine] (Portuguese), ад (ad) [masculine] (Russian), пе́кло (péklo) [neuter] (Russian), infierno [masculine] (Spanish), inferno [neuter] (Swedish), địa ngục (alt: 地獄) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-inferno-en-noun-4NE1hcnM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Hell Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Hell: 99 1 Disambiguation of 'place or situation resembling Hell': 99 1
  2. A large fire; a conflagration. Categories (topical): Fire Translations (large fire): جَحِيم (jaḥīm) [feminine] (Arabic), سَعِير (saʕīr) (Arabic), inferno [neuter] (Danish), vuurzee [feminine] (Dutch), inferno [neuter] (Dutch), pätsi (Finnish), liekkimeri (Finnish), horna (Finnish), incendie [masculine] (French), brasier [masculine] (French), 業火 (gōka) (Japanese), 猛火 (mōka) (Japanese), incendium (Latin), toronga (Maori), ahi nui whakaharahara (Maori), inferno [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), inferno [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), inferno [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-inferno-en-noun-xpwomDjm Disambiguation of Fire: 36 64 Disambiguation of 'large fire': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: afterlife Derived forms: towering inferno Related terms: infernal

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-inferno.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-inferno.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-inferno.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "afterlife"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jaḥīm",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "جَحِيم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jahannam",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جَهَنَّم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "tamuq",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "тамуҡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yəhənnəm",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "йәһәннәм"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ad",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ад"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎkǎl",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пъкъл"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "地獄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dìyù",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "地狱"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "inferno"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "extremely hot place",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "pätsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "helvetti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "horna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "generally",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "inferno"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "heavy bombardment",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "tulihelvetti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hölle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Inferno"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kólasi",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κόλαση"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inferno"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じごく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jigoku",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "地獄"
    },
    {
      "alt": "地獄",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jiok",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "지옥"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inferno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ad",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ад"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "péklo",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пе́кло"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "infierno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "inferno"
    },
    {
      "alt": "地獄",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "địa ngục"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jaḥīm",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "جَحِيم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "saʕīr",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "سَعِير"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "inferno"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vuurzee"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "inferno"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "pätsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "liekkimeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "horna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incendie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brasier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gōka",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "業火"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mōka",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "猛火"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "incendium"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "toronga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "ahi nui whakaharahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "inferno"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "inferno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inferno"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inferno"
}

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