flammable
Any flammable substanceAny flammable substance.
» Wood is flammable.
Holz ist brennbar. — al_ex_an_der
Дерево легко горит. — marafon
Дерево огнеопасно. — marafon
Дерево легко воспламеняется. — marafon
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesAny flammable substance.
Examples
23 sentencesWood is flammable.
ruДерево легко горит. — marafon
deHolz ist brennbar. — al_ex_an_der
Is this flammable?
ruОн легковоспламеняющийся? — scriptin
Is it flammable?
Це вогненебезпечно? — Ahha · CC BY 2.0 FR
deIst es entzündlich? — Vortarulo · CC BY 2.0 FR
Be careful. It's very flammable.
This is a highly flammable gas.
Origin
Back-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as tBack-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
plural: flammables| Singular | flammable |
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See also
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