flamme

See also: Flamme and flammé

Danish

Noun

flamme c (singular definite flammen, plural indefinite flammer)

  1. flame

Declension

Synonyms

Verb

flamme (imperative flam, infinitive at flamme, present tense flammer, past tense flammede, perfect tense flammet)

  1. to flame

Synonyms

References


French

Etymology

From Old French flame, whence English flame, from Latin flamma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlē- (to shimmer, gleam, shine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flɑm/
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Noun

flamme f (plural flammes)

  1. flame
    c'est en flammes - it is in flames
  2. (figuratively) talent, brilliance
  3. (nautical) streamer (long, narrow flag)

Derived terms

Verb

flamme

  1. first-person singular present indicative of flammer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of flammer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of flammer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of flammer
  5. second-person singular imperative of flammer

Further reading


Middle English

Noun

flamme

  1. Alternative form of flawme

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin flamma, via German Flamme. The verb is from the noun.

Noun

flamme m (definite singular flammen, indefinite plural flammer, definite plural flammene)

  1. flame

Derived terms

Verb

flamme (imperative flam, present tense flammer, passive flammes, simple past and past participle flamma or flammet, present participle flammende)

  1. to blaze, flame
  2. flamme opp: to flare up, leap into flame

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin flamma, via German Flamme

Noun

flamme m (definite singular flammen, indefinite plural flammar, definite plural flammane)
flamme f (definite singular flamma, indefinite plural flammer, definite plural flammene)

  1. flame

Derived terms

Verb

flamme (present tense flammar, past tense flamma, past participle flamma, passive infinitive flammast, present participle flammande, imperative flam)

  1. to blaze, flame
  2. flamme opp: to flare up, leap into flame

Alternative forms

References

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