Definition
To burn intensely; to burst into flames or cause a great fire; to ignite.
Etymology
From Latin 'conflagrare,' combining 'con-' (thoroughly, together) and 'flagrare' (to burn). Used since medieval times to describe catastrophic fires affecting entire areas.
Kelly Says
Medieval chroniclers used 'conflagrate' to describe the Great Fire of London (1666)—watching entire neighborhoods conflagrate would have seemed like biblical apocalypse to 17th-century observers.
Translations
ARالعربية
التفحيم
al-ta-fi-him
CACatalà
incendiar
in-sen-dee-ar
DEDeutsch
verbrennen
ver-bren-nen
ESEspañol
incendiar
in-sen-dee-ar
FRFrançais
incendier
in-sen-dee-er
GUGU
આગ લગાવવી
aag la-ga-v-vee
IDBahasa Indonesia
membakar
mem-ba-kar
ITItaliano
incendiare
in-cen-dee-are
MSBahasa Melayu
bakar
ba-kar
NLNederlands
in brand steken
in brand ste-ken
PTPortuguês
incendiar
in-sen-dee-ar
RORomână
a incendia
a in-cen-dee-a
RUРусский
сожчь
so-zh-ch'
SWKiswahili
kuwaka
ku-wa-ka
TRTürkçe
yangın çıkarmak
yan-gin chi-kar-mak
UKУкраїнська
спалити
spa-lit-i
ZUZU
ukuthwala
ku-thu-wa-la