ignite
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
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).
Inflected forms:
form: ignites
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: igniting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ignited
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ignited
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: to set fire to (something), to light (something)
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: to spark off (something), to trigger
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: ignite curiosity
ignite someone's interest
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 […]
gloss: to commence burning.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to ignite iron or platinum
Related words: ignition
ignitive
igneous
Derived words: ignaqueous
ignited
autoignite
autoigniting
ignitability
ignitable
igniter
ignitible
ignitor
ignitron
reignite
self-ignite
unignited
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: ndez
lang: Gheg Albanian
word: nez
lang: Armenian
word: կրակ տալ
roman: krak tal
lang: Armenian
word: վառել
roman: vaṙel
lang: Basque
word: sutu
lang: Bulgarian
word: паля
roman: palja
lang: Bulgarian
word: запалвам
roman: zapalvam
lang: Catalan
word: encendre
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 點火 /点火
roman: diǎnhuǒ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 點燃 /点燃
roman: diǎnrán
lang: Czech
word: vznítit
lang: Dutch
word: aansteken
lang: Dutch
word: ontsteken
lang: Dutch
word: ontbranden
lang: Esperanto
word: fajrigi
lang: Esperanto
word: ekbruligi
lang: Finnish
word: sytyttää
lang: French
word: mettre le feu
lang: French
word: allumer
lang: German
word: zünden
lang: German
word: anzünden
lang: Greek
word: ανάβω
roman: anávo
lang: Greek
word: πυρπολώ
roman: pyrpoló
lang: Ancient Greek
word: αἴθω
roman: aíthō
lang: Hebrew
word: הצית
roman: hitsit
lang: Hebrew
word: הדליק
lang: Hebrew
word: הבעיר
roman: hiv'ir
lang: Hittite
word: 𒉿𒅈𒉡
lang: Ingrian
word: virittää
lang: Ingrian
word: syttää
lang: Ingrian
word: sytyttää
lang: Irish
word: adhain
lang: Italian
word: incendiare
lang: Japanese
word: 火を点ける
roman: hi o tsukeru
lang: Kazakh
word: тұтандыру
roman: tūtandyru
lang: Khmer
word: បញ្ឆេះ
roman: bɑɑbɑñcheh
lang: Korean
word: 불을 지르다
roman: bur-eul jireuda
lang: Korean
word: 점화(點火)하다
roman: jeomhwahada
lang: Ladin
word: tizé
lang: Ladin
word: de fuech
lang: Latin
word: incendō
lang: Latin
word: ignio
lang: Macedonian
word: запали
roman: zapali
lang: Māori
word: whakakāpura
lang: Marathi
word: पेटवणे
roman: peṭavṇe
lang: Mongolian
word: асаах
roman: asaax
lang: Mongolian
word: ноцоох
roman: nocoox
lang: Old English
word: onǣlan
lang: Polish
word: zapalić
lang: Polish
word: zapalać
lang: Portuguese
word: incendiar
lang: Portuguese
word: acender
lang: Romanian
word: aprinde
lang: Romanian
word: da foc
lang: Russian
word: зажига́ть
roman: zažigátʹ
lang: Russian
word: заже́чь
roman: zažéčʹ
lang: Russian
word: воспламеня́ть
roman: vosplamenjátʹ
lang: Russian
word: воспламени́ть
roman: vosplamenítʹ
lang: Sardinian
word: affoghizare
lang: Spanish
word: encender
lang: Spanish
word: incendiar
lang: Spanish
word: ignicionar
lang: Spanish
word: prender fuego a
lang: Spanish
word: poner ignito
lang: Swedish
word: tända
lang: Vietnamese
word: đốt
lang: Welsh
word: cynnau