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in·flam·ma·ble

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–adjective

1.	capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable.

2.	easily aroused or excited, as to passion or anger; irascible: an inflammable disposition.

–noun

3.	something inflammable.

[Origin: 1595–1605; < ML inflammābilis, equiv. to L inflammā(re) to inflame + -bilis -ble

]

—Related forms

in·flam·ma·bil·i·ty, in·flam·ma·ble·ness, noun

in·flam·ma·bly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. fiery, volatile, choleric.

—Usage note Inflammable and flammable both mean “combustible.” Inflammable is the older by about 200 years. Flammable now has certain technical uses, particularly as a warning on vehicles carrying combustible materials, because of a belief that some might interpret the intensive prefix in- of inflammable as a negative prefix and thus think the word means “noncombustible.” Inflammable is the word more usually used in nontechnical and figurative contexts: The speaker ignited the inflammable emotions of the crowd.

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in·flam·ma·ble Audio Help (ĭn-flām'ə-bəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; flammable. See Usage Note at flammable.
Quickly or easily aroused to strong emotion; excitable.

[Middle English, liable to inflammation, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre, to inflame; see inflame.]

in·flam'ma·bil'i·ty n., in·flam'ma·ble n., in·flam'ma·bly adv.

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inflammable
adjective
easily ignited [syn: flammable]

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inflammable [inˈflӕməbl] adjective

easily set on fire
Example: Paper is highly inflammable.

Arabic:	سَريع الإلْتِهاب، سَريع التَّهَيُّج
Chinese (Simplified):	易燃的
Chinese (Traditional):	易燃的
Czech:	hořlavý
Danish:	brandfarlig
Dutch:	ontvlambaar
Estonian:	tuleohtlik
Finnish:	tulenarka
French:	inflammable
German:	entzündbar
Greek:	εύφλεκτος
Hungarian:	gyúlékony
Icelandic:	eldfimur
Indonesian:	mudah terbakar
Italian:	infiammabile

Japanese:	燃えやすい
Korean:	잘 타는
Latvian:	viegli uzliesmojošs; ugunsnedrošs
Lithuanian:	degus
Norwegian:	brannfarlig, lettantennelig
Polish:	(łatwo)palny
Portuguese (Brazil):	inflamável
Portuguese (Portugal):	inflamável
Romanian:	inflamabil
Russian:	легко воспламеняющийся
Slovak:	horľavý
Slovenian:	vnetljiv
Spanish:	inflamable
Swedish:	lättantändlig, eldfarlig
Turkish:	kolay tutuşur, *ateş alır