A small forest fire can easily spread and quickly become a great conflagration.
Source: tatoeba (2013)
Conflagration
//ˌkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "conflagration" (47 found)
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Related words (23)
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8 entriesTranslations
97 translations across 62 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πύρωσις noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- ἐκπύρωσις noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Arabic
1 entries- حَرِيق noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Armenian
1 entries- հրդեհ noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yanğın noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Belarusian
2 entries- пажа́р noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- пажа́рышча noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Bikol Central
1 entries- rabaraba noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Bulgarian
2 entries- голя́м пожа́р noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- пожа́р noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Burmese
1 entries- မီး noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Catalan
1 entries- conflagració noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᎵᎬ noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 大火 noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- 火災 /火灾 noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- 燹 noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Czech
1 entries- požár noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Dutch
4 entries- conflagratie noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- vlammenzee noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- vuurzee noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- wereldbrand noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Esperanto
1 entries- incendio noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Estonian
1 entries- tulekahju noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Finnish
4 entries- maailmanpalo noun (a large-scale conflict)
- suurpalo noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- suursota noun (a large-scale conflict)
- tulipalo noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
French
3 entries- conflagration noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- conflagration noun (a large-scale conflict)
- incendie noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Galician
2 entries- conflagración noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- conflagración noun (a large-scale conflict)
Georgian
1 entries- ხანძარი noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
German
3 entries- Feuersbrunst noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- Flächenbrand noun (a large-scale conflict)
- Großbrand noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Greek
1 entries- πυρκαγιά noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Hebrew
2 entries- דליקה noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- שריפה noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Hindi
1 entries- आग noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Hungarian
1 entries- tűzvész noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Icelandic
3 entries- bál noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- eldsvoði noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- stórbruni noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Ido
1 entries- incendio noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Indonesian
1 entries- kebakaran noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Irish
1 entries- dóiteán noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Italian
1 entries- conflagrazione noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Japanese
2 entries- 大火 noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- 火災 noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Kazakh
1 entries- өрт noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Khmer
1 entries- អគ្គីភ័យ noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Korean
2 entries- 대화재 noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- 화재 noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- өрт noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Lao
2 entries- ອັກຄີໄພ noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- ໄຟໄໝ້ noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Latin
1 entries- exustiō noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Latvian
1 entries- ugunsgrēks noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gaisras noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Macedonian
1 entries- пожар noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Malay
1 entries- kebakaran noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Māori
1 entries- toronga noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Old English
1 entries- ǣled noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یانغین noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Persian
1 entries- آتشسوزی noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Polish
2 entries- pożar noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- pożoga noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Portuguese
2 entries- conflagração noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- conflagração noun (a large-scale conflict)
Romanian
2 entries- conflagrație noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- incendiu noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Russian
3 entries- большо́й пожа́р noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- пожа́р noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- пожа́рище noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- požar noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- пожар noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Shor
1 entries- ӧрт noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Slovak
1 entries- požiar noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Slovene
1 entries- požar noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Spanish
2 entries- conflagración noun (a large-scale conflict)
- conflagración (disused) noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Swedish
2 entries- brand noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- eldsvåda noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Tagalog
1 entries- sunog noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Thai
3 entries- อัคคีภัย noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- เพลิงไหม้ noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- ไฟไหม้ noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Turkish
1 entries- yangın noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Turkmen
1 entries- ýangyn noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Ukrainian
2 entries- зга́рище noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- поже́жа noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Urdu
1 entries- آگ noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Uzbek
2 entries- pojar noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- yongʻin noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Vietnamese
2 entries- hỏa hoạn noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
- nạn cháy lớn noun (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)
Sample sentences
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A small forest fire quickly spread and became a huge conflagration.
Source: tatoeba (1625846)
The department of Legal Medicine Research is trying to ascertain the cause of today's conflagration.
Source: tatoeba (1885161)
A tiny spark may become a great conflagration.
Source: tatoeba (2027775)
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