Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
ignite. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
ignite, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
ignite in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
ignite you have here. The definition of the word
ignite will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
ignite, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From Latin ignītus, past participle of igniō, ignire (“to set on fire, ignite”), from Latin ignis (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis, and thus related to Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), Lithuanian ugnis, and Russian ого́нь (ogónʹ).
Pronunciation
Verb
ignite (third-person singular simple present ignites, present participle igniting, simple past and past participle ignited)
- (transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)
- (transitive) to spark off (something), to trigger
ignite curiosity
ignite someone's interest
2005, Mick Fowler, On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya:Our observations on the way up had been mixed but the deep, crisp cold of the Peruvian night followed by a crystal clear dawn re-ignited our enthusiasm and sent us scampering across the frozen snow bowl […]
- (intransitive) to commence burning.
- (chemistry, transitive) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.
to ignite iron or platinum
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to set fire to, to light
- Armenian: կրակ տալ (krak tal), վառել (hy) (vaṙel)
- Basque: sutu
- Bulgarian: паля (bg) (palja), запалвам (bg) (zapalvam)
- Catalan: encendre (ca)
- Czech: vznítit
- Dutch: aansteken (nl), ontsteken (nl), ontbranden (nl)
- Esperanto: fajrigi, ekbruligi
- Finnish: sytyttää (fi)
- French: mettre le feu (fr), allumer (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: zünden (de), anzünden (de)
- Greek: (to light) ανάβω (el) (anávo), (to set fire to) πυρπολώ (el) (pyrpoló)
- Ancient: αἴθω (aíthō)
- Hebrew: (to light) הצית (hitsit), (to set fire to) הדליק (הדליק), הבעיר (hiv'ir)
- Hittite: 𒉿𒅈𒉡
- Ingrian: virittää, syttää, sytyttää
- Irish: adhain
- Italian: incendiare (it)
- Japanese: 火を点ける (ひをつける, hi o tsukeru)
- Kazakh: тұтандыру (tūtandyru)
- Khmer: បញ្ឆេះ (km) (bɑñcheh)
- Korean: 불을 지르다 (bur-eul jireuda), 점화(點火)하다 (jeomhwahada)
- Ladin: tizé, de fuech
- Latin: incendō, ignio (la)
- Malay: please add this translation if you can
- Maori: whakakāpura
- Mongolian: асаах (mn) (asaax), ноцоох (nocoox)
- Old English: onǣlan
- Polish: zapalić (pl), zapalać (pl)
- Portuguese: incendiar (pt) (to set fire to), acender (pt) (to light)
- Romanian: aprinde (ro), da foc
- Russian: зажига́ть (ru) impf (zažigátʹ), заже́чь (ru) pf (zažéčʹ), воспламеня́ть (ru) impf (vosplamenjátʹ), воспламени́ть (ru) pf (vosplamenítʹ)
- Sardinian:
- Logudorese: affoghizare
- Spanish: encender (es), incendiar (es)
- Swedish: tända (sv)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: đốt (vi)
- Welsh: cynnau (cy)
|
to commence burning
- Bulgarian: запалвам се (zapalvam se), възпламенявам се (vǎzplamenjavam se)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 點火/点火 (dim2 fo2)
- Mandarin: 點火/点火 (zh) (diǎnhuǒ)
- Finnish: syttyä (fi)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- Greek: ανάβω (el) (anávo)
- Hebrew:התלקח (he) (hitlakeakh), נדלק (nidlak)
- Ingrian: virittyä, syttyä
- Irish: adhain
- Italian: accendersi (it), prendere (it), prendere fuoco
- Japanese: 発火する (はっかする, hakkasuru), 燃え出す (もえだす, moedasu)
- Latin: ardēscō
- Maori: papahū
- Portuguese: acender (pt)
- Romanian:se aprinde
- Russian: воспламеня́ться (ru) impf (vosplamenjátʹsja), воспламени́ться (ru) pf (vosplamenítʹsja), загора́ть (ru) impf (zagorátʹ), загоре́ть (ru) pf (zagorétʹ)
- Venetian: inpiarse, inpiẑarse, inpisarse
|
Translations to be checked
Anagrams
Italian
Adjective
ignite f pl
- feminine plural of ignito
Latin
Verb
ignīte
- second-person plural present active imperative of igniō