flame
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Etymology
From Средњи Енглески flawme, blend of Стари Француски flame and flambe, flamble, the first from Латински flamma, the second from Латински flammula, diminutive of flamma, both from pre-Latin *fladma; Proto-Italic *flagmā, ultimately from Пра-Индо-Европски *bʰel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Displaced native Стари Енглески līeġ.
Pronunciation
- enPR: flām, МФА(кључ): /fleɪm/
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Noun
flame (countable and uncountable, plural flames)
- The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326:
- Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth […].
- 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
- Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
- A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
- Синонимs: see Thesaurus:lover
- (Internet, somewhat dated) An aggressively insulting criticism or remark.
- (color) A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour. flame colour:
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, strana 73:
- [M]arked by myriad clouds of every sunset-colour - flame, purple, pink, green, violet, and all the tints of gold.
- (music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.
- The cello has a two-piece back with a beautiful narrow flame.
- Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
- Шаблон:RQ:Milton Paradise Lost
- Шаблон:RQ:Pope Works
- 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Julia"
- Till charming Florio, born to conquer, came
And touch'd the fair one with an equal flame
- Till charming Florio, born to conquer, came
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun flame
- aflame
- flame-arc lamp
- flame bait, flamebait
- flame carbon
- flame cell
- flame gun
- flameless
- flamemail
- flame nettle
- flame of the forest
- flame out
- flame-out, flameout
- flameproof
- flame-retardant
- flame spread
- flame test
- flame thrower, flame-thrower, flamethrower
- flame tree
- flame war, flamewar
- go down in flames
- go up in flames
- inflame
- old flame
- Taiwan flamecrest
- add fuel to the flame
- burst into flame
- cool flame
- flame aura
- flame birch
- flame photometry
- flame retardant
- flame structure
- flame up
- flame violet
- like a moth to a flame
- like a moth to flame
- like a moth to the flame
- Olympic flame
- oxidizing flame
- reducing flame
- singing flame
- twin flame
Related terms
Terms related to the noun flame
Translations
visible part of fire
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romantic partner
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criticism
colour
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contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood
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Verb
flame (third-person singular simple present flames, present participle flameing, simple past and past participle flameed)
- To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
- To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
- (Internet, transitive, intransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
- I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.
- 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
- If he got flamed for his lies or his ignorance, he simply moved to another chat room.
- 2019, Steven McCornack & Kelly Morrison, Reflect & Relate, 5th edition
- Because online communication makes it easy to flame, many of us impetuously fire off messages that we later regret.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to produce flames
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to post a critical or abusive message on the Internet
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Adjective
flame (not comparable)
Translations
colour
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See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Категорија: en:Reds)
Anagrams
Француски
Pronunciation
- МФА(кључ): /flam/
- Homophones: flament, flames
Verb
flame
- inflection од flamer:
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
flame
- Alternative form of flawme
Etymology 2
Verb
flame
- Alternative form of flawmen
Old French
Etymology
Noun
flame f (oblique plural flames, nominative singular flame, nominative plural flames)
- flame
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la complainte d ou conte huede de nevers:
- Senz redouteir l'infernal flame
- Without fearing the infernal flame
Derived terms
Descendants
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
flame f
- inflection од flamă:
Walloon
Noun
flame f (plural flames)
Категорије:
- Енглески говор
- Енглески изрази наслеђени од Средњи Енглески
- Енглески појмови изведени из Средњи Енглески
- Енглески појмови изведени из Стари Француски
- Енглески појмови изведени из Латински
- Енглески појмови изведени из Proto-Italic
- Енглески појмови изведени из Пра-Индо-Европски
- Енглески 1-слог речи
- Енглески термини са ИПА изговором
- Риме:Енглески/eɪm
- Риме:Енглески/eɪm/1 слог
- Енглески леме
- Енглески именице
- Енглески непребројиве именице
- Енглески бројевне именице
- Енглески термини са наводима
- Енглески dated terms
- Енглески terms with usage examples
- Арапски црвене везе
- Арапски црвене везе/т
- Дански црвене везе
- Дански црвене везе/т+
- Дански црвене везе/т
- Малтешки црвене везе
- Малтешки црвене везе/т
- Стари Енглески црвене везе
- Стари Енглески црвене везе/т
- Енглески глаголи
- Енглески transitive verbs
- Енглески intransitive verbs
- Енглески придеви
- Енглески uncomparable adjectives
- en:Reds
- en:Fire
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (shiny)
- Француски говор
- Француски 1-слог речи
- Француски термини са ИПА изговором
- Француски термини са хомофонима
- Француски verb form
- Средњи Енглески noun
- Средњи Енглески verb
- Стари Француски изрази наслеђени од Латински
- Стари Француски појмови изведени из Латински
- Стари Француски леме
- Стари Француски именице
- Стари Француски feminine именице
- Стари Француски термини са наводима
- Румунски термини са ИПА изговором
- Румунски noun form
- Walloon леме
- Walloon именице