Oxygen is needed for combustion.
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Combustion
//kəmˈbʌs.t͡ʃən//
Synonyms for "combustion" (79 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
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43 entriesShowing 16 of 43 words.
Translations
87 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِحْتِرَاق noun (the act or process of burning)
Bulgarian
2 entries- горене noun (the act or process of burning)
- изгаряне noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
Catalan
2 entries- combustió noun (the act or process of burning)
- convulsió noun (violent agitation, commotion)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 燃燒 /燃烧 noun (the act or process of burning)
Czech
1 entries- spalování noun (the act or process of burning)
Danish
3 entries- forbrænding noun (the act or process of burning)
- forbrænding noun (similar process where two chemicals are combined)
- forbrænding noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
Dutch
4 entries- commotie noun (violent agitation, commotion)
- verbranding noun (the act or process of burning)
- verbranding noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
- verhitte gemoederen noun (violent agitation, commotion)
Finnish
4 entries- palaminen noun (the act or process of burning)
- palaminen noun (similar process where two chemicals are combined)
- palaminen noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
- palamisreaktio noun (the act or process of burning)
French
1 entries- combustion noun (the act or process of burning)
German
3 entries- Verbrennung noun (the act or process of burning)
- Verbrennung noun (similar process where two chemicals are combined)
- Verbrennung noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
Greek
4 entries- ανάφλεξη noun (the act or process of burning)
- ανάφλεξη noun (violent agitation, commotion)
- καύση noun (the act or process of burning)
- καύση noun (similar process where two chemicals are combined)
Hungarian
2 entries- égetés noun (the act or process of burning)
- égés noun (the act or process of burning)
Ido
1 entries- kombusto noun (the act or process of burning)
Indonesian
1 entries- pembakaran noun (the act or process of burning)
Italian
1 entries- combustione noun (the act or process of burning)
Japanese
1 entries- 燃焼 noun (the act or process of burning)
Korean
1 entries- 연소 noun (the act or process of burning)
Macedonian
4 entries- горење noun (the act or process of burning)
- палење noun (similar process where two chemicals are combined)
- согорување noun (the act or process of burning)
- согорување noun (similar process where two chemicals are combined)
Malay
3 entries- pembakaran noun (the act or process of burning)
- pembakaran noun (similar process where two chemicals are combined)
- pembakaran noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
Malayalam
1 entries- ജ്വലനം noun (the act or process of burning)
Marathi
1 entries- ज्वलन noun (the act or process of burning)
Māori
3 entries- ngingihatanga noun (the act or process of burning)
- ngingihatanga noun (similar process where two chemicals are combined)
- ngingihatanga noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- forbrenning noun (the act or process of burning)
- forbrenning noun (similar process where two chemicals are combined)
- forbrenning noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- forbrenning noun (the act or process of burning)
- forbrenning noun (similar process where two chemicals are combined)
- forbrenning noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
Persian
1 entries- سوختن noun (the act or process of burning)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Braunt noun (the act or process of burning)
Polish
1 entries- spalanie noun (the act or process of burning)
Portuguese
4 entries- combustão noun (the act or process of burning)
- combustão noun (similar process where two chemicals are combined)
- combustão noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
- queima noun (the act or process of burning)
Romanian
4 entries- ardere noun (the act or process of burning)
- ardere noun (similar process where two chemicals are combined)
- ardere noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
- combustie noun (the act or process of burning)
Russian
4 entries- возбужде́ние noun (violent agitation, commotion)
- возгора́ние noun (the act or process of burning)
- волне́ние noun (violent agitation, commotion)
- горе́ние noun (the act or process of burning)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ओष noun (the act or process of burning)
Spanish
4 entries- combustión noun (the act or process of burning)
- combustión noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
- oxidación noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
- quemado noun (the act or process of burning)
Swedish
3 entries- förbränning noun (the act or process of burning)
- förbränning noun (similar process where two chemicals are combined)
- förbränning noun (process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen)
Ukrainian
3 entries- горі́ння noun (the act or process of burning)
- згора́ння noun (the act or process of burning)
- згоря́ння noun (the act or process of burning)
Volapük
1 entries- fefilükam noun (the act or process of burning)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Pollutants like this derive mainly from the combustion of fuel in car engines.
Source: tatoeba (58620)
Carbon monoxide is a poisonous substance formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon compounds.
Source: tatoeba (328645)
Oxygen is necessary for combustion.
Source: tatoeba (2074269)
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