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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•flam•ma•ble /ɪnˈflæməbəl/USA pronunciation adj. - capable of being set on fire; combustible;
flammable:Don't light matches near inflammable liquids. - easily aroused to passion or anger:an inflammable temper.
in•flam•ma•bil•i•ty /ɪnˌflæməˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] Note that inflammable and flammable may mean the same thing. That is because the prefix in inflammable is in1-, meaning "in; into;
'' it is not the prefix in2-, meaning "not.'' WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•flam•ma•ble (in flam′ə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. - capable of being set on fire;
combustible;
flammable. - easily aroused or excited, as to passion or anger;
irascible:an inflammable disposition.
n. - something inflammable.
- Medieval Latin inflammābilis, equivalent. to Latin inflammā(re) to inflame + -bilis -ble
- 1595–1605
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fiery, volatile, choleric.
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. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: inflammable /ɪnˈflæməbəl/ adj - liable to catch fire; flammable
- readily aroused to anger or passion
n - something that is liable to catch fire
inˌflammaˈbility, inˈflammableness n inˈflammably adv USAGE
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