ignite
Meaning of ignite
verb
- catch fire or cause to catch fire.
furniture can give off lethal fumes when it ignites
he lit a cigarette which ignited the petrol fumes
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘make intensely hot’): from Latin ignire ‘set on fire’, from ignis ‘fire’.
Information about ignite
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of ignite is: ignites.
- Languages in which ignite is used:
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Hyphenation of ignite
ig-nite
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- ignite is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
ignite synonyms
Meaning light:
Meaning erupt:
Meaning inflame:
Meaning become ignited and start burning:
Meaning burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, excessive internal pressure, or other process:
Meaning destroy, damage, or injure by heat or fire:
Meaning set (something) on fire:
Meaning (of an internal combustion engine) undergo ignition of its fuel when started:
ignite antonyms
Meaning cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine:
Translation of ignite
- Italian: incendiarsi, infiammarsi, accendere, incitare, incendiare, infammare
- Spanish: encender
- French: enflammer
Anagrams of ignite
Words that rhyme with ignite
Nite, nite, Ammanite, Ananite, Antidicomarianite, Anzanite, Balkanite, Bardesanite, Bryanite, Buchanite, Buchmanite, Canaanite, Danite, Dedanite, Ganite, Haldanite, Lamanite, Lihyanite, Macmillanite, Manhattanite, Michiganite, Midianite, Newmanite, Ranite, Reaganite, Rellyanite, Romanite, Tanite, Temanite, Zervanite, albanite, alboranite, allanite, antidicomarianite, aphanite, arcanite, astrakanite, auganite, balanite, barytostrontianite, basanite, bassanite, berzelianite, beudanite, borolanite, braccianite, brazilianite, canaanite, ceylanite, chalcophanite
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