arson

See also: ar son

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹsən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːsən/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)sən

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman and Old French arson, from the verb ardoir, from Latin ardeō (“to burn”). Compare ardent.

Noun

arson (usually uncountable, plural arsons)

1. The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
   • 2006, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Killer Smile, Part two, p.34:

     Arson, like we thought. three punks doused a car, lit it, and took off.

Derived terms

• antiarson
• arson dog
• arsonical
• arsonism
• arsonist
• arsonite
• arsonous
• arsonphobia
• arsonry
• climate arson

 

Translations

crime of setting a fire

• Afrikaans: brandstigting
• Arabic: حَرِيق مُتَعَمَّد (ḥarīq mutaʕammad)
• Armenian: հրդեհում (hy) (hrdehum), հրկիզում (hy) (hrkizum)
• Belarusian: падпа́л m (padpál)
• Bengali: অগ্নিকাণ্ড (bn) (ognikanḍo)
• Bulgarian: пале́ж m (paléž)
• Catalan: incendi criminal
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 縱火／纵火 (zh) (zònghuǒ), 放火 (zh) (fànghuǒ)

• Czech: žhářství n
• Danish: brandstiftelse c, pyromanbrand c, ildspåsættelse c
• Dutch: brandstichting (nl) f
• Esperanto: brulkrimo, krimfajro
• Estonian: süütamine
• Faroese: eldáseting f
• Finnish: tuhopoltto (fi), syttyminen, sytyttäminen (fi)
• French: incendie criminel (fr) m, incendie (fr) m
• Georgian: ცეცხლის წაკიდება (cecxlis c̣aḳideba)
• German: Brandstiftung (de) f, (Austria) Brandlegung f
• Greek: εμπρησμός (el) m (emprismós)
• Hebrew: הַצָּתָה (he) f (hatzatá)
• Hindi: आगज़नी f (āgzanī), अग्निकांड (hi) (agnikāṇḍ)
• Hungarian: gyújtogatás (hu)
• Icelandic: íkveikja (is) f
• Indonesian: pembakaran disengaja
• Irish: coirloscadh
• Italian: incendio doloso
• Japanese: 放火 (ja) (ほうか, hōka), 放火罪 (ほうかざい, hōkazai)
• Korean: 방화(放火) (ko) (banghwa)
• Luxembourgish: Brandstëftung f
• Macedonian: опожарување n (opožaruvanje), палеж m (palež)
• Marathi: जाळपोळ (jāḷpoḷ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brannstiftelse m, mordbrann m, ildspåsettelse

  Nynorsk: brannstifting, eldspåsetjing

• Persian: آتشزنی
• Polish: podpalenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: incêndio criminoso m
• Punjabi: ਅਗਨੀਕਾੰਡ (aganīkāṇḍ)
• Romanian: incendiere (ro) f
• Russian: поджо́г (ru) m (podžóg)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па́леж m

  Roman: pálež (sh) m

• Slovak: podpaľačstvo n
• Slovene: požig (sl) m
• Spanish: incendio provocado m, incendio premeditado m
• Swedish: mordbrand (sv) c, antändning (sv) c
• Turkish: kundaklama (tr), kundakçılık (tr)
• Ukrainian: підпа́л m (pidpál)
• Vietnamese: phóng hỏa (vi), đốt phá
• Walloon: målfeu (wa) m (metou)

See also

• incendiary
• incendiarism

Verb

arson (third-person singular simple present arsons, present participle arsoning, simple past and past participle arsoned)

1. (transitive, chiefly India) To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner.

Etymology 2

From Middle English arsoun, from Old French arçon, from Vulgar Latin *arciō (“saddlebow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”); compare Italian arcione, Portuguese arção, and Spanish arzón.

Noun

arson (plural arsons)

2. (obsolete) A saddlebow.
   • 1550, Edward Halle, “The xij. yere of King Henry the viij.”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illuſtre Famelies of Lancaſtre and Yoꝛke‎^[1], folio 78, recto:

     The kyng of Englande mounted on a freſhe courſer, the trapper of clothe of golde, of Tiſſue, the Arſon mantell wiſe […]

   • 1598, John Florio, “Arcione”, in A Worlde of Words, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield for Edw[ard] Blount, →OCLC, page 25, column 1:

     Arcione, the arſon or ſaddle bowe.

   • 1634, Matheo Aleman, “Wherein Guzman de Alfarache relateth the Story of thoſe two Louers, Ozmin and Daraxa”, in Don Diego Puede-Ser, transl., The rogue: or The life of Guzman de Alfarache‎^[2], volume 1, pages 68–69:

     […] And putting vp good ſtore of gold and Iewels for that iourney, and taking with him a good horſe, that was browne Bay, with a Petronell hanging at the arſon of his Saddle […]

Anagrams

• Rasŏn, SONAR, orans, roans, saron, sonar, sorna

Middle English

Noun

arson

1. Alternative form of arsoun

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French arçon.

Noun

arson m (plural arsons)

1. saddle

Old French

Etymology

From the verb ardre, ardoir, from Latin ardeō.

Noun

arson oblique singular, m (oblique plural arsons, nominative singular arsons, nominative plural arson)

1. burning; fire
2. arson
3. sunburn
4. burn (on the skin, etc.)