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flame

/fˈleɪm/FLAYM
/fˈleɪm/FLAYM

Meaninga blaze

Common meaning: burning gas giving light

Journey through time

  1. Latinflamma, -ae‘a blaze, flame’
  2. Old Frenchflamesource
  3. Englishflame‘burning gas giving light’ · today

flam also in: flamingoinflammableinflammation

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin flamma ‘a blaze, flame’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry flamma, p. 757 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry FLAMINGO, p. 210 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

flamingoinflammableinflammation

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