Meaning

4 senses

  1. Capable of burning.

    Near-synonym: ignitable

    flammable liquid

    brennbar, entzündbar, entflammbar

    огнеопа́сныйogneopásnyj, легковоспламеня́ющийсяlexkovosplamenjájuščijsja

  2. Easily set on fire.

    Near-synonym: ignitable

    feuergefährlich, leichtentzündlich

    easily ignited

  3. Easily set on fire.

    Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.

  4. (figuratively)Very likely to cause fighting or controversy; extremely contentious.

Examples

23 sentences

  1. Wood is flammable.

    ruДерево легко горит. — marafon

    deHolz ist brennbar. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. Is this flammable?

    ruОн легковоспламеняющийся? — scriptin

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  3. Is it flammable?

    Це вогненебезпечно? — Ahha · CC BY 2.0 FR

    deIst es entzündlich? — Vortarulo · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  4. Be careful. It's very flammable.

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  5. 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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Forms

more flammable, most flammable
Comparativemore flammable Lesson
Superlativemost flammable Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
combustibleignitableinflammable[contranym]]ic senses>
Close in meaning

Antonyms

8 antonyms
inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>non-flammablenonflammablenoninflammableunflammableuninflammablefireproofincombustible

Word family

6 related words
RelatedinflammationB2inflammatoryB2flammabilityflammablyflammuleinflammable

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
flamencoflamethrowerflamingoflanflank

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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