"inferno" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈfɝnoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inferno.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-inferno.wav 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”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} inferno (plural infernos)
  1. A place or situation resembling Hell. Categories (topical): Fire, 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 Disambiguation of Fire: 47 53 Disambiguation of Hell: 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 2 2 2 28 2 5 17 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 18 2 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 2 22 2 4 24 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 24 2 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'place or situation resembling Hell': 100 0
  2. A large fire; a conflagration. Categories (topical): Fire Translations (large fire): جَحِيم (jaḥīm) [feminine] (Arabic), سَعِير (saʕīr) (Arabic), infern [masculine] (Catalan), foc gran [masculine] (Catalan), inferno [neuter] (Danish), vuurzee [feminine] (Dutch), inferno [neuter] (Dutch), pätsi (Finnish), liekkimeri (Finnish), horna (Finnish), incendie [masculine] (French), brasier [masculine] (French), inferno [masculine] (Italian), inferno di fiamme [masculine] (Italian), fuogo grande [masculine] (Italian), 業火 (gōka) (Japanese), 猛火 (mōka) (Japanese), incendium (Latin), ignis grandis [masculine] (Latin), toronga (Maori), ahi nui whakaharahara (Maori), inferno [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), inferno [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), inferno [masculine] (Portuguese), fogo grande [masculine] (Portuguese), infierno [masculine] (Spanish), fuego grande [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inferno-en-noun-xpwomDjm Disambiguation of Fire: 47 53 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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          "text": "When Jurgis had first inspected the packing plants with Szedvilas, he […] found that each one of these lesser industries was a separate little inferno, in its way as horrible as the killing beds, the source and fountain of them all[, and t]he workers in each of them had their own peculiar diseases.",
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          "text": "Unfortunately for Admiral Kurita, this is where the good news ends. The fire started by New Jerseys hit amidships has spread, and there is now a towering inferno' that occupies the middle third of the Japanese battleship.",
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      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
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      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "地獄"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "地狱"
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      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "extremely hot place",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "pätsi"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "helvetti"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "horna"
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      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "inferno"
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "heavy bombardment",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "tulihelvetti"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "enfer"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Hölle"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kólasi",
      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "κόλαση"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
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      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
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      "word": "infierno"
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      "alt": "地獄",
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      "sense": "place or situation resembling Hell",
      "word": "địa ngục"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "large fire",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "saʕīr",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "سَعِير"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "infern"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "large fire",
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      "word": "foc gran"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "large fire",
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      "word": "vuurzee"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "pätsi"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "liekkimeri"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "horna"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "incendie"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "brasier"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "inferno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inferno di fiamme"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fuogo grande"
    },
    {
      "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"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "large fire",
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      "word": "ignis grandis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "toronga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "large fire",
      "word": "ahi nui whakaharahara"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "large fire",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "large fire",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "large fire",
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      "word": "inferno"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "large fire",
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      "word": "fogo grande"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large fire",
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      "word": "infierno"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large fire",
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      "word": "fuego grande"
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}

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