Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of igniting.

    Zündung

    зажига́ниеzažigánije

    the act of setting something on fire

  2. (countable, uncountable)The initiation of combustion.

    Zündung

    the process of initiating combustion or catching fire

  3. (countable, uncountable)A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.

    Zündung

    зажига́ниеzažigánije

    the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine

  4. (countable, uncountable)Receptacle for a key used to start the engine in a vehicle.

    Put the key in the ignition and turn in right.

    Zündung

  5. (countable, uncountable)The phenomenon of a thermonuclear fusion reaction becoming self-sustaining and no longer requiring external heating.

Examples

29 sentences
  1. Tom put the key in the ignition.

    ruТом вставил ключ в замок зажигания.

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  2. Tom left his keys in the ignition.

    ruТом оставил ключи в замке зажигания.

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  3. Tom left the key in the ignition.

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  4. I left the keys in the ignition.

    ruЯ оставил ключи в замке зажигания.

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  5. I pulled the key out of the ignition.

    ruЯ достал ключ из замка зажигания.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the act of igniting:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the act of igniting:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin ignītiō. By surface analysis, ignite + -ion.

Learned borrowing from Latin ignītiō. By surface analysis, ignite + -ion.

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Forms

plural: ignitions
Singularignition
Pluralignitions

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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