inferno

From Italian inferno (“hell”), from Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the lower regions”); see infernal.

The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire.

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inferno (plural infernos)

1. A place or situation resembling Hell.
   • D. C. Worcester

     At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].

2. A large fire, a conflagration.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion‎^[1]:

     Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within, […] most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.

• See Thesaurus:afterlife

• infernal

• “inferno”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “inferno”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Fronnie, nonfire

From Italian inferno (“hell”), from Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the lower regions”); see infernal. The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire.

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inferno n (plural inferno's, diminutive infernootje n)

1. hell-like place or situation.
2. hellfire
3. a large fire

• (a hell-like place): onderwereld
• (hellfire): hellevuur
• (a large fire): vuurzee, vlammenzee

• infernaal

 

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese inferno, from Latin īnfernus (“infernal; of the lower regions”).

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /iɱˈfɛɾno̝/

inferno m (plural infernos)

1. (Christianity) hell
2. (figurative) a very unpleasable or negative situation

• infernal
• inferniño

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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “inferno”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin infernum or infernus, meaning "hell", "underworld" (lit. beneath).

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɛrno

infèrno, /inˈfɛrno/

inferno m (plural inferni)

1. hell
2. inferno

• infernale

• → Dutch: inferno
• → English: inferno
• → German: Inferno
• → Italiot Greek: ινφιέρνο (infiérno)
• → Norwegian: inferno
• → Swedish: inferno

• frenino
• nefroni

(deprecated template usage) īnfernō

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) dative masculine singular of īnfernus
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) dative neuter singular of īnfernus
3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) ablative masculine singular of īnfernus
4. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) ablative neuter singular of īnfernus

From Italian inferno, from Latin infernus

inferno n (definite singular infernoet, indefinite plural inferno or infernoer, definite plural infernoa or infernoene)

1. an inferno

• “inferno” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “inferno” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Italian inferno, from Latin infernus

inferno n (definite singular infernoet, indefinite plural inferno, definite plural infernoa)

1. an inferno

• “inferno” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

 

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inferno

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From Old Galician-Portuguese inferno, iferno, from Latin īnfernus (“infernal; of the lower regions”).

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: in‧fer‧no

inferno m (invariable)

1. (Christianity) hell (where sinners go)
2. (figurative) a very unpleasant or negative situation
3. (figurative) a very hot place

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1. hell (expressing discontent, unhappiness, or anger)

• infernal
• inferninho

inferno n

1. an inferno; an extremely dangerous, chaotic and generally overwhelming situation

• Swedes would associate inferno with Dante but also with August Strindberg

• infernalisk