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Webster 1913 Edition

Flammable

Flam′ma-ble

,

Adj.

Inflammable.

[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Flammable

FLAM'MABLE

,

Adj.

Capable of being enkindled into flame.

Definition 2024

flammable

flammable

English

Adjective

flammable ‎(comparative more flammable, superlative most flammable)

Capable of burning, especially a liquid.
Easily set on fire.
Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.

Synonyms

inflammable

Antonyms

non-flammable, nonflammable

Translations

capable of burning

Bulgarian: леснозапалим ‎(lesnozapalim)
Catalan: inflamable (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 易燃 (zh) ‎(yìrán)
Czech: hořlavý (cs)
Danish: brændbar
Dutch: ontvlambaar, brandbaar (nl)
Esperanto: brulema
Finnish: palava (fi)
French: inflammable (fr)
German: brennbar (de), entzündbar, entflammbar

Greek: εύφλεκτος (el) ‎(éfflektos)
Irish: inlasta, so-lasta, so-adhainte, inadhainte
Italian: infiammabile (it)
Norwegian: brennbar
Polish: łatwopalny (pl) m, łatwopalna f, łatwopalne n
Portuguese: inflamável (pt) m, f
Russian: огнеопа́сный (ru) ‎(ogneopásnyj), легко́ воспламеня́ющийся ‎(lexkó vosplamenjájuščijsja)
Spanish: inflamable (es)
Swedish: brännbar (sv)
Tagalog: takaw-apoy

volatile

Catalan: inflamable (ca)
Czech: hořlavý (cs)
Danish: brandfarlig, letantændelig
Dutch: licht ontvlambaar
Finnish: (herkästi) syttyvä

German: feuergefährlich
Greek: εύφλεκτος (el) ‎(éfflektos)
Spanish: inflamable (es)
Swedish: lättantändlig

Noun

flammable ‎(plural flammables)

Any flammable substance.