flama

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See also: flamă and flamą

Albanian

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Etymology

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Uncertain.

Proper noun

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flama f

  1. (mythology) restless evil ghost that's responbile for people's mental decline.[1] [2]

References

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  1. ^ Elsie, Robert (2001). A dictionary of Albanian religion, mythology and folk culture. NYU Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-1-85065-570-
  2. ^ Elsie 2001, p. 90.

Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin flamma.

Noun

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flama f

  1. flame

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin flamma.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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flama f (plural flames)

  1. flame
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Further reading

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Extremaduran

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Noun

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flama f

  1. flame

French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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flama

  1. third-person singular past historic of flamer

Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin flamma. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French flame.

Noun

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flama f (oblique plural flamas, nominative singular flama, nominative plural flamas)

  1. flame (visible part of fire)

Descendants

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  • Occitan: flamba, flama

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References

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin flamma, from Proto-Italic *flagmā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥g-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfla.ma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: fla‧ma

Noun

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flama f

  1. (archaic) female lover
    Synonym: kochanka

Declension

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Further reading

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  • flama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • flama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin flamma. Doublet of chama.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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flama f (plural flamas)

  1. (poetic) flame (visible part of fire)
    Synonyms: chama, labareda
  2. (figuratively) liveliness, ardor

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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flama f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of flamă

Silesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Flamme.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈflama/
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: fla‧ma

Noun

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flama f

  1. flame

Further reading

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  • Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “flama”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 86

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin flamma.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈflama/ [ˈfla.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: fla‧ma

Noun

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flama f (plural flamas)

  1. flame (visible part of fire)
    Synonym: llama

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish فلامه (flama, filama), from one or more Romance languages, from Latin flamma. Compare French flamme, Occitan flamo, Friulian fláme, Italian fiamma.

Noun

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flama (definite accusative flamayı, plural flamalar)

  1. streamer, pennant

References

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  • Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, § 289
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN