flame

Такође погледајте: Flamme, Flame, и flamé

Etymology

From , flaume, flaumbe, blend of

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flame and flambe, flamble, the first from

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flamma, the second from

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flammula, diminutive of flamma, both from pre-Latin *fladma; akin to ; ultimately from

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*bʰlē- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: flām, МФА^(кључ): /fleɪm/

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• Риме: -eɪm

Noun

flame (countable and uncountable, plural flames)

1. 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.

2. A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
   • (Можете ли пронађите и додајте цитат од en на овај унос?)
3. (Internet) Intentionally insulting criticism or remark meant to incite anger.
4. A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
   flame colour:  
5. (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.

6. Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
   • Шаблон:rfdatek

     in a flame of zeal severe

   • Шаблон:rfdatek

     where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow

   • (Можете ли пронађите и додајте цитат од en на овај унос?)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun flame

• aflame
• flame-arc lamp
• flame bait
• flame carbon
• flame cell
• flame gun
• flameless
• flame nettle
• flame of the forest
• flame-out, flameout
• flameproof

• flame-retardant
• flame spread
• flame test
• flame-thrower
• flame tree
• flame war
• go up in flames
• inflame
• old flame
• Taiwan flamecrest

Related terms

Terms related to the noun flame

• flamboyant
• flamingo
• flammable
• oriflamme

• phlegm
• phlogiston
• phlogopite
• phlox

Translations

visible part of fire

• Afrikaans: vlam
• Albanian: flakë (sq) f
• Arabic: لَهَب‎ m (lahab)
• Armenian: բոց (hy) (bocʿ), հուր (hy) (hur)
• Aromanian: fleamã f, pirã f
• Asturian: llama f
• Azerbaijani: alov (az)
• Bashkir: ялҡын (yalqïn)
• Basque: kar (eu), gar (eu), sugar
• Belarusian: по́лымя n (pólymja)
• Bengali: শিখা (shikha), জ্বালা (jbala)
• Breton: flamm (br) m
• Bulgarian: пла́мък (bg) m (plámǎk)
• Burmese: တန်ဆောင် (my) (tanhcaung)
• Catalan: flama (ca) f
• Chichewa: lawi
• Chinese:

  Dungan: хуәщир (huəxir)

  Mandarin: 火焰 (zh) (huǒyàn)

• Czech: plamen (cs) m
• Danish: flamme (da) c, lue c
• Dutch: vlam (nl) f, laai (nl) f
• Egyptian: (tkꜣw)
• Esperanto: flamo (eo)
• Estonian: leek (et)
• Finnish: liekki (fi)
• French: flamme (fr) f

  Old French: flamme f

• Friulian: flame f
• Galician: chama f
• Georgian: ალი (ka) (ali)
• German: Flamme (de) f, Lohe (de)
• Greek: φλόγα (el) f (flóga)

  Ancient: φλόξ f (phlóx)

• Guaraní: tatarendy
• Haitian Creole: flanm
• Hebrew: לֶהָבָה‎ (he) f (lehavá), אֵשׁ‎ (he) f (esh)
• Hindi: लौ (hi) f (lau), ज्वाला (hi) f (jvālā)
• Hungarian: láng (hu)
• Icelandic: logi (is) m
• Indonesian: nyala (id)
• Interlingua: flamma
• Irish: lasair (ga) f
• Italian: fiamma (it) f
• Japanese: 炎 (ja) (ほのお, honō), 火炎 (ja) (かえん, kaen)
• Kazakh: жалын (kk) (jalın)
• Khmer: សិខិន (km) (seʔkʰən), សុស្ម័ន (km) (sohsman)
• Korean: 불꽃 (ko) (bulkkot), 불길 (ko) (bulgil)
• Kyrgyz: жалын (ky) (calın)
• Lao: ຊະວາລະ (sa wā la), ແປວໄຟ (pǣu fai)
• Latgalian: līsme

• Latin: flamma f
• Latvian: liesma f, guns f (poetism)
• Lithuanian: liepsna (lt) f
• Macedonian: пла́мен m (plámen)
• Malagasy: lelàfo (mg)
• Malay: api (ms), nyala
• Maltese: fjamma f
• Maori: mura
• Mongolian: дөл (mn) (döl)
• Nahuatl: cuezaltol
• Navajo: kǫʼ
• Nogai: ялын (yalın)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flamme (no), lue (no)

  Nynorsk: flamme, lue

• Occitan: flamba (oc) f
• Old English: līeġ m
• Old French: flamme f
• Old Japanese: 炎 (ほのほ, pono₂po)
• Persian: شعله‎ (fa) (šo'le), علو‎ (fa) (alav)
• Polish: płomień (pl) m
• Portuguese: chama (pt) f, flama (pt) f
• Romanian: flacără (ro) f, pară (ro) f, văpaie (ro) f
• Russian: пла́мя (ru) n (plámja), (dated, poetic) по́лы́мя (ru) n (pólýmja), (poetic) пла́мень (ru) m (plámenʹ)
• Sardinian: fiama f, fiamma f
• Scottish Gaelic: lasair f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пламен m

  Roman: plamen (sr) m

• Sicilian: ciamma f
• Sinhalese: Шаблон:t-needed
• Slovak: plameň m
• Slovene: plamen (sl) m
• Spanish: flama (es) f, llama (es)
• Swedish: flamma (sv) c, låga (sv) c
• Tajik: шӯъла (šüʾla), аланга (alanga), алов (alov)
• Tamil: பிழம்பு (ta) (piḻampu)
• Telugu: మంట (te) (maṇṭa)
• Thai: เปลวไฟ (bpleo fai), อัคนิคณะ (àkní káná)
• Tok Pisin: paia (tpi)
• Tupinambá: ataendy (t-)
• Turkish: alev (tr)
• Turkmen: ýalyn
• Ukrainian: по́лум'я (uk) n (pólumʺja)
• Urdu: Шаблон:t-needed
• Uzbek: olov (uz), alanga (uz)
• Vietnamese: ngọn lửa
• Walloon: blame (wa) f, flame (wa) f
• Welsh: ffagl f, fflam (cy) f
• West Frisian: flam
• Yiddish: פֿלאַם‎ m (flam), פֿײַערצונג‎ f (fayertsung)
• Yámana: šola

romantic partner

• Bulgarian: страст (bg) f (strast)
• Czech: milenec (cs) m, milenka (cs) f
• Danish: flamme (da) c
• Finnish: heila (fi)
• German: Flamme (de) f
• Greek: έρωτας (el) m (érotas), αίσθημα (el) n (aísthima)

• Italian: fiamma (it) f
• Japanese: 恋人 (ja) (こいびと, koibito), 彼 (ja) (かれ, male), 彼女 (ja) (かのじょ, female)
• Polish: kochanka (pl) f, kochanek (pl) m
• Romanian: iubit (ro) m, iubită (ro) f
• Russian: страсть (ru) f (strastʹ), предме́т любви́ m (predmét ljubví)
• Swedish: flamma (sv) c

criticism

• Estonian: leim (et)
• Finnish: trollaus (fi)
• French: polémique (fr) f
• Italian: flame (it) m

• Japanese: フレーム (ja) (furēmu)
• Polish: krytycyzm m
• Russian: флейм (ru) m (flejm)

colour

• Finnish: tulipunainen (fi)
• Japanese: 炎色 (えんしょく, enshoku)
• Polish: ognista czerwień

• Swedish: brandgul (sv)
• Turkish: ateş kırmızısı

contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood

• Finnish: loimukuvio

burning sentiment

• Finnish: polte (fi)

Verb

flame (third-person singular simple present flames, present participle flaming, simple past and past participle flamed)

1. To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
   • Шаблон:rfdatek

     The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again.

2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
   • Шаблон:rfdatek

     He flamed with indignation.

3. (Internet, transitive, intransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).

   I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.

Derived terms

• flamer
• flaming

Related terms

• flambé

Translations

to produce flames

• Bulgarian: пламвам (bg) (plamvam), пламтя (bg) (plamtja)
• Danish: flamme (da)
• Dutch: vlammen (nl), laaien (nl)
• Finnish: leimuta, loimuta (fi), olla liekeissä
• Greek: φλέγομαι (el) (flégomai)
• Interlingua: flammar
• Italian: fiammeggiare, infiammare (it)
• Japanese: 炎を出す (ほのおをだす, honoo wo dasu), 燃える (ja) (もえる), 燃え上がる (もえあがる)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: گِڕگِرتِن‎ (girrgirtin)

• Latvian: liesmot
• Polish: rozpalić / rozpalać, rozniecić / rozniecać
• Portuguese: inflamar (pt)
• Romanian: înflăcăra (ro)
• Russian: пыла́ть (ru) (pylátʹ)
• Swedish: flamma (sv), flamma upp
• Westrobothnian: flåda, flåder, floder

to burst forth like flame

• Finnish: leimahtaa (fi)

to post a critical or abusive message on the Internet

• Danish: blusse
• Finnish: herjata (fi), trollata (fi)
• German: anmachen (de)

• Japanese: 叩く (ja) (たたく, tataku)
• Russian: фле́ймить (fléjmitʹ)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} flami

Adjective

flame (not comparable)

1. Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.

Translations

colour

• Finnish: tulipunainen (fi)
• Hungarian: lángvörös (hu)

• Polish: ognistoczerwony (pl) m

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

Anagrams

• femal, fleam ^{(alphagram aeflm)}

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French

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /flam/
• Homophones: flament, flames

Verb

flame

1. first-person singular present indicative of flamer
2. third-person singular present indicative of flamer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of flamer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of flamer
5. second-person singular imperative of flamer

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

flame

1. Alternative form of flawme

Etymology 2

From .

Verb

flame

1. Alternative form of flawmen

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Old French

Etymology

From .

Noun

flame f (oblique plural flames, nominative singular flame, nominative plural flames)

1. 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

• enflamer