enfer

French

Etymology

From Old French enfer, from Latin infernus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.fɛʁ/
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Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Noun

enfer m (plural enfers)

Hell
(by extension) hell (a very uncomfortable situation)

Antonyms

paradis

Related terms

infernal

Further reading

“enfer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

frêne

Old French

Alternative forms

enfern

Etymology

From Latin īnfernus.

Noun

enfer m (oblique plural enfers, nominative singular enfers, nominative plural enfer)

Hell

Descendants

French: enfer
Norman: enfé
Walloon: infier

See also

paradiz

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