infernal

English

Alternative forms

infernall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɝnəl/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl

Adjective

infernal (comparative more infernal, superlative most infernal)

Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
(by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
Stygian, gloomy.
Diabolical or fiendish.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 34–36:
  Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile
  Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd
  The Mother of Mankind
- 1711 December 19 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SATURDAY, December 8, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 244; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, , volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
  the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings
  The spelling has been modernized.
(as an expletive) Very annoying; damned.
- 1905, Bram Stoker, The Man:
  As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]
- 1982, Sharon Green, The Warrior Within, page 10:
  When are you ever going to learn to mind your own infernal business?

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “of or relating to hell”): heavenly
(antonym(s) of “of or relating to hell, underworld or fire”): celestial

Derived terms

Related terms

inferno

Translations

Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish

Arabic: جَحِيمِيّ (jaḥīmiyy), جَهَنَّمِيّ (jahannamiyy)
Armenian: դժոխային (hy) (džoxayin)
Belarusian: пяке́льны (pjakjélʹny)
Bulgarian: а́дски (bg) (ádski), пъ́клен (bg) (pǎ́klen)
Catalan: infernal (ca)
Czech: pekelný (cs)
Dutch: hels (nl), infernaal (nl)
Finnish: helvetillinen (fi)
French: infernal (fr)
Old French: infernal
German: höllisch (de), infernalisch (de)
Greek: καταχθόνιος (el) (katachthónios)
Ancient: χθόνιος (khthónios)
Indonesian: bedebah (id)
Italian: infernale (it)
Latin: infernus
Macedonian: пеколен (pekolen), адски (adski)
Norman: înfèrna
Polish: piekielny (pl)
Portuguese: infernal (pt)
Romanian: infernal (ro)
Russian: а́дский (ru) (ádskij), а́довый (ru) (ádovyj)
Sanskrit: नारक (sa) (nāraka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: па̀клен

Roman: pàklen (sh)
Slovak: pekelný
Slovene: peklenski
Spanish: infernal (es)
Swedish: helvetisk (sv)
Ukrainian: пеке́льний (pekélʹnyj)
Urdu: جَہَنَّمی (jahannamī)

by extension: of or relating to a great fire or inferno

Dutch: infernaal (nl)

stygian, gloomy

diabolical or fiendish

Bulgarian: дя́волски (bg) (djávolski)
Dutch: duivels (nl), hels (nl), infernaal (nl)
Finnish: pirullinen (fi)
Indonesian: bedebah (id)
Polish: diabelski (pl)
Russian: чёртовый (ru) (čórtovyj)
Swedish: infernalisk (sv)

UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned

Bulgarian: прокле́т (bg) (proklét)
Dutch: hels (nl), infernaal (nl)
Indonesian: bedebah (id)
Russian: прокля́тый (ru) (prokljátyj)

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German: ^{(please verify)} höllisch (de), ^{(please verify)} Höllen-, ^{(please verify)} infernalisch (de)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} infernal (es)

Noun

infernal (plural infernals)

An inhabitant of the infernal regions, a demon.

References

“infernal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfernālis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fɛʁ.nal/

Adjective

infernal (feminine infernale, masculine plural infernaux, feminine plural infernales)

(relational) hell; infernal
(figuratively) infernal, hellish, awful, terrible

Related terms

enfer

Old French

Etymology

From Latin infernālis.

Adjective

infernal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular infernale)

infernal (relating to hell)

Declension

Declension of infernal

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	infernals, infernaus, infernax	infernale	infernal
Singular	Oblique	infernal	infernale		infernale	infernal
Plural	Subject	infernal	infernales		infernal
Plural	Oblique	infernals, infernaus, infernax	infernales		infernales	infernal

Descendants

English: infernal
French: infernal
Norman: înfèrna

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.feʁˈnaw/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.feɾˈnaw/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.feʁˈnaw/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.feɻˈnaw/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɨɾˈnal/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɨɾˈna.li/

Rhymes: -al, -aw
Hyphenation: in‧fer‧nal

Adjective

infernal m or f (plural infernais)

(Christianity) hellish; infernal (from or relating to hell)
diabolical; evil; infernal
Synonyms: mau, diabólico, maldoso

Derived terms

infernalmente

Related terms

inferno

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French infernal, from Latin infernalis. By surface analysis, infern +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Adjective

infernal m or n (feminine singular infernală, masculine plural infernali, feminine and neuter plural infernale)

infernal

Declension

Declension of infernal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	infernal		infernală	infernali	infernale
nominative/ accusative	definite	infernalul		infernala	infernalii	infernalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	infernal		infernale	infernali	infernale
genitive/ dative	definite	infernalului		infernalei	infernalilor	infernalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnfernālis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /infeɾˈnal/
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: in‧fer‧nal

Adjective

infernal m or f (masculine and feminine plural infernales)

(relational) hell; infernal (of or relating to hell)
infernal, hellish (diabolical, fiendish)
infernal, hellish, hellacious, hell of (very annoying, damned)

Related terms

infierno

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