adjective · rare

flammable

flammable · more flammable · most flammable

легковоспламеняющийся, огнеопасный

brennbar, entflammbar, entzündbar, feuergefährlich

Capable of burningCapable of burning.

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/ˈflæməbl̩/

» Wood is flammable.

Holz ist brennbar.

Дерево легко горит.

Дерево огнеопасно.

Дерево легко воспламеняется.

Meaning

4 senses

Capable of burning.
Near-synonym: ignitable
flammable liquid
brennbar, entzündbar, entflammbar
огнеопа́сныйogneopásnyj, легковоспламеня́ющийсяlexkovosplamenjájuščijsja
Easily set on fire.
Near-synonym: ignitable
feuergefährlich, leichtentzündlich
easily ignited
Easily set on fire.
Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.
(figuratively)Very likely to cause fighting or controversy; extremely contentious.

Examples

23 sentences

Wood is flammable.
ruДерево легко горит. — marafon
deHolz ist brennbar. — al_ex_an_der
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Is this flammable?
ruОн легковоспламеняющийся? — scriptin
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Is it flammable?
Це вогненебезпечно? — Ahha
deIst es entzündlich? — Vortarulo
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Be careful. It's very flammable.
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This is a highly flammable gas.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

capable of burning — see also inflammable:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

capable of burning — see also inflammable:

easily set on fire:

Origin

Back-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as t

Back-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as the prefix in- is often used to mean "un-; non-", although it was originally meant in a sense closely related to en-.

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