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.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɝnoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)nəʊ

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:

     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.

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• infernal

• inferno in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• inferno at 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 Portuguese inferno, from Latin īnfernus (“infernal; of the lower regions”).

• IPA^(key): /iɱˈfɛɾno̝/

inferno m (plural infernos)

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

• infernal
• inferniño

• “inferno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “inferno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “inferno” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “inferno” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

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• 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

īnfernō

1. dative masculine singular of īnfernus
2. dative neuter singular of īnfernus
3. ablative masculine singular of īnfernus
4. 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.

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ˈfɛɾ.nu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ˈfɛɾ.nʊ/, /ĩ.ˈfɛʁ.nʊ/
• (Carioca) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ˈfɛχ.nʊ/
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ˈfɛɻ.nʊ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ˈfɛɾ.no/, /ĩ.ˈfɛɻ.no/
• Hyphenation: in‧fer‧no

inferno m (plural infernos)

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

inferno!

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

• infernal
• inferninho

• “inferno” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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