Meaning

2 senses

  1. A place or situation resembling Hell.

    Hölle, Inferno

    адad, пе́клоpéklo

    any place of pain and turmoil

  2. A large fire; a conflagration.

    The inferno ripped through the forest, destroying anything in its path.

    a very intense and uncontrolled fire

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Australia is experiencing a fiery inferno.

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  2. Fadil looked handsome, but inside, he was an inferno of rage.

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  3. The inferno has scorched the slopes of Parnitha, which includes a protected nature reserve, just north of Athens.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
place or situation resembling Hell:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
place or situation resembling Hell:

Origin

From Italian inferno (“hell”), from Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the

From Italian inferno (“hell”), from Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the lower regions”); see infernal.

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Forms

plural: infernos
Singularinferno
Pluralinfernos

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
afterlife
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
RelatedinfernalC2
Derivedtowering inferno

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
inferiorinferiorityinfernalC2infertileinfertilityinfest
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