flamme

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See also: Flamme and flammé

Danish

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Etymology

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Loaned via German Flamme from Latin flamma

Noun

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flamme c (singular definite flammen, plural indefinite flammer)

  1. flame

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Verb

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flamme (imperative flam, infinitive at flamme, present tense flammer, past tense flammede, perfect tense flammet)

  1. to flame

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /flam/ ~ /flɑm/
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Etymology 1

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Previously flame, from Middle French flame, whence English flame, from Latin flamma.

Noun

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flamme f (plural flammes)

  1. flame
    c’est en flammesit is in flames
  2. (figurative) talent, brilliance
  3. (nautical) streamer (long, narrow flag)
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Verb

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flamme

  1. inflection of flammer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

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Noun

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flamme f (plural flammes)

  1. veterinary lancet

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Middle English

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Noun

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flamme

  1. Alternative form of flawme

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin flamma, via German Flamme. The verb is from the noun.

Noun

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flamme m (definite singular flammen, indefinite plural flammer, definite plural flammene)

  1. flame

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Verb

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flamme (imperative flam, present tense flammer, passive flammes, simple past and past participle flamma or flammet, present participle flammende)

  1. to blaze, flame
  2. flamme opp: to flare up, leap into flame

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin flamma, via German Flamme.

Noun

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flamme m (definite singular flammen, indefinite plural flammar, definite plural flammane)
flamme f (definite singular flamma, indefinite plural flammer, definite plural flammene)

  1. flame

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Verb

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flamme (present tense flammar, past tense flamma, past participle flamma, passive infinitive flammast, present participle flammande, imperative flam)

  1. to blaze, flame
  2. flamme opp: to flare up, leap into flame

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