ignite

Englisch

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).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭgnīt', IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnaɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

ignite (third-person singular simple present ignites, present participle igniting, simple past and past participle ignited)

1. (transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)
2. (transitive) to spark off (something), to trigger
   • 2005, Mick Fowler, On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya:

     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 […]

3. (intransitive) to commence burning.
4. (chemistry, transitive) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible oder infusible substances.

   to ignite iron or platinum

Related terms

• ignition
• igneous

Translations

to set fire to, to light

• Armenian: կրակ տալ (krak tal), վառել (hy) (vaṙel)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: паля (bg) (palja), запалвам (bg) (zapalvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 点火 (zh) (diǎnhuǒ)

• Czech: vznítit
• Dutch: aansteken (nl), ontsteken (nl), ontbranden (nl)
• Esperanto: fajrigi, ekbruligi
• Finnish: sytyttää (fi)
• French: mettre le feu (fr), allumer (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: zünden (de), anzünden (de)
• Greek: (to light) ανάβω (el) (anávo), (to set fire to) πυρπολώ (el) (pyrpoló)

  Ancient: αἴθω (aíthō)

• Hittite: 𒉿𒅈𒉡
• Irish: adhain
• Italian: incendiare (it)
• Japanese: 火を点ける (ひをつける, hi o tsukeru)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
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• Korean: 불을 지르다 (bur-eul jireuda), 점화(點火)하다 (jeomhwahada)
• Ladin: tizé, de fuech
• Latin: incendō, ignio (la)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: whakakāpura
• Mongolian: асаах (mn) (asaax), ноцоох (nocoox)
• Old English: onǣlan
• Polish: zapalić (pl), zapalać (pl)
• Portuguese: incendiar (pt) (to set fire to), acender (pt) (to light)
• Russian: зажига́ть (ru) impf (zažigátʹ), заже́чь (ru) pf (zažéčʹ), воспламеня́ть (ru) impf (vosplamenjátʹ), воспламени́ть (ru) pf (vosplamenítʹ)
• Sardinian:

  Logudorese: affoghizare

• Spanish: encender (es), incendiar (es)
• Swedish: tända (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: cynnau (cy)

to trigger

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 引燃 (zh) (yǐnrán)

• Finnish: sytyttää (fi)
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• French: déclencher (fr)
• Greek: ενθουσιάζω (el) (enthousiázo)
• Swedish: tända (sv)

to commence burning

• Bulgarian: запалвам се (zapalvam se), възпламенявам се (vǎzplamenjavam se)
• Finnish: syttyä (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: ανάβω (el) (anávo)
• Irish: adhain
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• Italian: accendersi (it), prendere (it), prendere fuoco
• Latin: ardēscō
• Maori: papahū
• Portuguese: acender (pt)
• Russian: воспламеня́ться (ru) impf (vosplamenjátʹsja), воспламени́ться (ru) pf (vosplamenítʹsja), загора́ть (ru) impf (zagorátʹ), загоре́ть (ru) pf (zagorétʹ)
• Venetian: inpiarse, inpiẑarse, inpisarse

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Translations to be checked

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} داگیرسان (ckb) (dagîrsan)

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Anagrams

• tieing

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Italian

Adjective

ignite f pl

1. feminine plural of ignito

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ignīte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of igniō