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in·flam·ma·ble

(ĭn-flăm′ə-bəl)
adj.
1. Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; flammable. See Usage Note at flammable.
2. 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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Noun 1. inflammability - the quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly
burnability, combustibility, combustibleness - the quality of being capable of igniting and burning
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Translations
إلتِهابيَّه، قابليَّة الإلْتِهاب
vznětlivost
brændbarhed
gyúlékonyság
eldfimi
vznetlivosť
çabuk alevlenmetutuşkanlık

inflammable

(inˈflӕməbl) adjective
easily set on fire. Paper is highly inflammable. vlambaar سَريع الإلْتِهاب، سَريع التَّهَيُّج запалим inflamável hořlavý entzündbar brandfarlig εύφλεκτος inflamable tuleohtlik قابل اشتعال tulenarka inflammable דליק ज्वलनशील zapaljiv gyúlékony mudah terbakar eldfimur infiammabile 燃えやすい 불붙기 쉬운 degus viegli uzliesmojošs; ugunsnedrošs mudah terbakar ontvlambaar brannfarlig, lettantennelig (łatwo)palny لمبى كول inflamável infla­ma­­bil легко воспламеняющийся horľavý vnetljiv zapaljiv lättantändlig, eldfarlig ไวไฟ kolay tutuşur/ateş alır 易燃的 легко займистий, горючий آتشگیر bắt lửa 易燃的
inˌflammaˈbility noun
vlambaarheid إلتِهابيَّه، قابليَّة الإلْتِهاب запалимост inflamabilidade vznětlivost die Entzündbarkeit brændbarhed η ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. ή κτ. εύφλεκτο(ς) inflamabilidad tuleohtlikkus اشتعال پذیری tulenarkuus inflammabilité דְּלִיקוּת ज्वलनशीलता zapaljivost gyúlékonyság sifat mudah terbakar eldfimi infiammabilità 可燃性 인화성 degumas uzliesmojamība sifat mudah terbakar ontvlambaarheid brennbarhet, antennelighet (łatwo)palność اور اخيستونكي inflamabilidade caracter inflamabil воспламеняемость horľavosť; vznetlivosť vnetljivost zapaljivost lättantändlighet, eldfarlighet ความไวไฟ tutuşkanlık, çabuk alevlenme 易燃性 горючість اشتعال پزیری tính bắt lửa 易燃性
inflammation (infləˈmeiʃən) noun
(a place in the body where there is) development of heat with pain, redness and swelling. Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils. ontsteking إلْتِهاب، تَوَرُّم възпаление inflamação zánět, zápal die Entzündung betændelse φλεγμονή inflamación põletik التهاب tulehdus inflammation דלקת प्रज्वलन, शत्रुता, सूजन और जलन upala gyulladás radang bólga, þroti infiammazione 炎症 염증 uždegimas iekaisums keradangan ontsteking betennelse zapalenie اور نه اخيستونكي inflamação inflamaţie воспаление zápal vnetje zapaljenje inflammation อักเสบ kızarıp şişme, iltihap 發炎 запалення اشتعال انگیزی، سوزش sự đốt cháy 炎症
inflammable means the same as flammable:
a highly inflammable gas.
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