burnt

English

Alternative forms

burned

Etymology

burn +‎ -t

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːnt/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜɹnt/
Audio (US) (file)

Verb

burnt

(Commonwealth of Nations, Britain) simple past tense and past participle of burn

Adjective

burnt (comparative more burnt, superlative most burnt)

Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
(of food) Carbonised.
The toast was too burnt to eat.
(of a person) Having a sunburn.
(of a colour) Being darker than standard, especially browner.

Usage notes

The word burnt as the simple past and past participle of burn is largely a UK usage, but the word burnt as an adjective is by no means restricted to the UK.

Translations

damaged or injured by fire or heat

Bashkir: янған (yanğan)
Greek:
Ancient: καυστός (kaustós)

Hebrew: שָׂרוּף‎ (sarúf)
Maori: mahunu
Telugu: దగ్ధము (te) (dagdhamu)

carbonized

Bashkir: көйгән (köygän), янған (yanğan)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 燶, 㶶 (nung¹)
Dutch: verbrand (nl)
Finnish: palanut (fi)
French: brûlé (fr)

Portuguese: queimado (pt)
Romanian: ars (ro)
Russian: горе́лый (ru) (gorélyj), жжёный (ru) (žžónyj), сгоре́вший (ru) (sgorévšij), вы́жженный (ru) (výžžennyj) (scorched)
Swedish: bränd (sv)
Telugu: మాడు (te) (māḍu)

sun-burned

Bashkir: янған (yanğan)
Finnish: palanut (fi)
Portuguese: queimado (pt)

Romanian: ars (ro)
Russian: загоре́лый (ru) (zagorélyj)
Swedish: solbränd (sv) c

browner than standard

Finnish: poltettu (fi)

Russian: подгоре́вший (ru) (podgorévšij)

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Translations to be checked

Aromanian: ^{(please verify)} arsu
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} verbrandde (nl), ^{(please verify)} verbrand (nl)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} membakar (id), ^{(please verify)} membakar (id), ^{(please verify)} dibakar (id), ^{(please verify)} terbakar (id)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} arso (it)

Japanese: 燃やした (もやした, moyashita), 燃やされた (もやされた, moyasareta), 燃える (もえる, moeru), 燃えた (もえた, moeta)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} ārsus, ^{(please verify)} aestuātus
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} quemado (es)

Anagrams

Brunt, brunt

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