inflammable

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈflæməbəl/

The English word “inflammable” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

Capable of burning.
Easily set on fire.
Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.
Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire. From in- + flammable, via backformation.

noun

Any inflammable substance.

Etymology

From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). By surface analysis, inflame + -able, literally “able to be inflamed”.

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