Inferno

English

Noun

Inferno (plural Infernos)

1. Hell-like place or situation.
2. A large fire

Related terms

• infernal

Adjectives for Inferno

gasoline; raging; lurid; hot; white.

Thesaurus

Abaddon, Gehenna, Hades, Naraka, Pandemonium, Sheol, Tophet, Torrid Zone, abyss, avichi, blazes, conflagration, equator, furnace, hades, hell, holocaust, infernal regions, jahannan, limbo, lower world, nether world, netherworld, oven, perdition, pit, place of torment, purgatory, shades below, steam bath, subtropics, the abyss, the bottomless pit, the grave, the pit, tropics, underworld

Etymology

From Italian inferno (“hell”) < Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the lower regions”); see infernal.

The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire,

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)nəʊ

Translations

hell-like place or situation

Danish: inferno (da) n. Finnish: pätsi (fi), helvetti (fi), inferno (fi)

Japanese: 地獄 (ja) (jigoku)

large fire

Danish: inferno (da) n. Finnish: pätsi (fi), liekkimeri (fi)

Japanese: 業火 (ja) (gōka), 猛火 (ja) (mōka)

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German: Inferno (de) n.

External links

• Inferno in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Inferno at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• nonfire

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Italian

Noun

inferno m. (plural inferni)

1. hell
2. inferno

Etymology

Latin infernum or infernus, meaning "hell", "underworld" (lit. beneath).

Pronunciation

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infèrno, /inˈfɛrno/

Related terms

• infernale

Anagrams

• frenino
• nefroni

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Latin

Adjective

īnfernō

1. dative masculine singular of īnfernus
2. dative neuter singular of īnfernus
3. ablative masculine singular of īnfernus
4. ablative neuter plural of īnfernus

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Portuguese

Noun

Inferno m. (plural infernos)

1. hell (where sinners go)

Etymology

Latin infernum or infernus, meaning "hell", "underworld" (lit. beneath).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ĩˈfɛɾnʊ/ (Brazil)

Related terms

• infernal
• inferninho

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Swedish

Noun

Inferno n.

1. an inferno; an extremely dangerous, chaotic and generally overwhelming situation.

Declension

Declension of Inferno

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Inferno	Infernot	Infernon	Infernona
genitive	Infernos	Infernots	Infernons	Infernonas

Notes

• Swedes would associate inferno with Dante but also with August Strindberg

Related terms

• infernalisk