"flamme" meaning in French

See flamme in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /flam/, /flɑm/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-flamme.wav Forms: flammes [plural]
Etymology: Previously flame, from Middle French flame, whence English flame, from Latin flamma. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|fr|frm|flame}} Middle French flame, {{inh|fr|la|flamma}} Latin flamma Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} flamme f (plural flammes)
  1. flame Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-flamme-fr-noun-vZ3F942s
  2. (figurative) talent, brilliance Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-flamme-fr-noun-L1M8AaIB
  3. (nautical) streamer (long, narrow flag) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-flamme-fr-noun-tiGPitF- Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: déclarer sa flamme, enflammer, flamme olympique, flamme rouge, Laflamme, péter des flammes, retour de flamme, retour de flammes, tout feu tout flamme
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /flam/, /flɑm/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-flamme.wav Forms: flammes [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} flamme f (plural flammes)
  1. veterinary lancet Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-flamme-fr-noun-DPnUVMzI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /flam/, /flɑm/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-flamme.wav
Etymology: Previously flame, from Middle French flame, whence English flame, from Latin flamma. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|fr|frm|flame}} Middle French flame, {{inh|fr|la|flamma}} Latin flamma Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} flamme
  1. inflection of flammer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: flammer Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-flamme-fr-verb--IASfo63 Disambiguation of Fire: 17 10 11 11 37 15 Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 2 1 1 2 2 26 3 29 1 2 4 1 2 4 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 6 13 12 49 19
  2. inflection of flammer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: flammer
    Sense id: en-flamme-fr-verb-2gO9Vbe-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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