flamme

See also: Flamme and flammé

Danish

Etymology

Loaned via German Flamme from Latin flamma

Noun

flamme c (singular definite flammen, plural indefinite flammer)

1. flame

Declension

Declension of flamme

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flamme	flammen	flammer	flammerne
genitive	flammes	flammens	flammers	flammernes

Synonyms

• lue c

Verb

flamme (imperative flam, infinitive at flamme, present tense flammer, past tense flammede, perfect tense flammet)

1. to flame

Synonyms

• blusse

References

• “flamme” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flam/, /flɑm/

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Etymology 1

Previously flame, from Middle French flame, whence English flame, from Latin flamma.

Noun

flamme f (plural flammes)

1. flame

   c’est en flammes ― it is in flames

2. (figurative) talent, brilliance
3. (nautical) streamer (long, narrow flag)

Derived terms

• déclarer sa flamme
• enflammer
• flamme olympique
• flamme rouge
• Laflamme
• péter des flammes
• retour de flamme
• retour de flammes
• tout feu tout flamme

 

Verb

flamme

1. inflection of flammer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Noun

flamme f (plural flammes)

1. veterinary lancet

Further reading

• “flamme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

flamme

1. Alternative form of flawme

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin flamma, via German Flamme. The verb is from the noun.

Noun

flamme m (definite singular flammen, indefinite plural flammer, definite plural flammene)

1. flame

Derived terms

• flammepunkt

Verb

flamme (imperative flam, present tense flammer, passive flammes, simple past and past participle flamma or flammet, present participle flammende)

1. to blaze, flame
2. flamme opp: to flare up, leap into flame

References

• “flamme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “flamme_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “flamme_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin flamma, via German Flamme.

Noun

flamme m (definite singular flammen, indefinite plural flammar, definite plural flammane)
flamme f (definite singular flamma, indefinite plural flammer, definite plural flammene)

1. flame

Derived terms

• flammepunkt

Verb

flamme (present tense flammar, past tense flamma, past participle flamma, passive infinitive flammast, present participle flammande, imperative flam)

1. to blaze, flame
2. flamme opp: to flare up, leap into flame

Alternative forms

• flamma

References

• “flamme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.