"hell" meaning in Anglais

See hell in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: \hɛl\, hɛl, hɛl Audio: En-us-hell.ogg , En-uk-hell.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hell.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-hell.wav Forms: Hell
  1. Enfer (lieu où se rendent les âmes des morts). Tags: Ancient
    Sense id: fr-hell-en-name-ZsbaL70e Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la religion, Lexique en anglais de l’Antiquité Topics: religion
  2. Enfer (lieu de supplice des pécheurs).
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Gehenna

Noun

IPA: \hɛl\, hɛl, hɛl Audio: En-us-hell.ogg , En-uk-hell.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hell.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-hell.wav Forms: hells [plural]
  1. Lieu ou situation cause de souffrance, de tourments.
    Sense id: fr-hell-en-noun-h2P6mCLX Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
  2. Lieu très chaud. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-hell-en-noun-y8mCtz0T Categories (other): Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: as hell, catch hell [figuratively], hellbender, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, hell of a, hellish, living hell, like hell, no screaming hell Derived forms (intensificateur): the hell Related terms: limbo, paradise, purgatory

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "heaven"
    }
  ],
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      "parents": [],
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      "kind": "other",
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    "Apparenté à Hel (« déesse des Enfers de la mythologie germano-scandinave ») et hele (« cacher »), du germanique *haljō (« monde souterrain, enfer, endroit caché ») qui donne Hölle en allemand, helvete en norvégien et suédois, hel en islandais. Plus avant, de l’indo-européen commun *kel- (« cacher ») qui donne aussi le latin celo (« cacher »)."
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    {
      "form": "Hell"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "text": "May you rot in hell!",
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        }
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    },
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      ],
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "no screaming hell"
    },
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    }
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        "\\hɛlz\\"
      ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "limbo"
    },
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    }
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        }
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        {
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    "Lexique en anglais de la mort",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en indo-européen commun",
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    }
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  "pos_title": "Nom propre",
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      ],
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        "Ancient"
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        "Lexique en anglais de la religion",
        "Lexique en anglais de l’islam",
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        {
          "text": "May you rot in hell!",
          "translation": "Puissiez-vous pourrir en enfer !"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Enfer (lieu de supplice des pécheurs)."
      ],
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        "Islam",
        "religion"
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    },
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    {
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "no screaming hell"
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    },
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