I ignite the stove.
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Ignite
//ɪɡˈnaɪt//
Synonyms for "ignite" (140 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
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16 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescauses
1 entriesderived
13 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
117 translations across 42 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- ndez verb (to set fire to, to light)
- ndizet verb (to commence burning)
- nxë verb (to trigger)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- αἴθω verb (to set fire to, to light)
Armenian
2 entries- կրակ տալ verb (to set fire to, to light)
- վառել verb (to set fire to, to light)
Basque
1 entries- sutu verb (to set fire to, to light)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възпламенявам се verb (to commence burning)
- запалвам verb (to set fire to, to light)
- запалвам се verb (to commence burning)
- паля verb (to set fire to, to light)
Catalan
1 entries- encendre verb (to set fire to, to light)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 著火 verb (to commence burning)
- 點火 /点火 verb (to commence burning)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 引燃 verb (to trigger)
- 激發 /激发 verb (to trigger)
- 著火 verb (to commence burning)
- 點火 /点火 verb (to set fire to, to light)
Czech
1 entries- vznítit verb (to set fire to, to light)
Dutch
3 entries- aansteken verb (to set fire to, to light)
- ontbranden verb (to set fire to, to light)
- ontsteken verb (to set fire to, to light)
Esperanto
2 entries- ekbruligi verb (to set fire to, to light)
- fajrigi verb (to set fire to, to light)
Finnish
3 entries- syttyä verb (to commence burning)
- sytyttää verb (to set fire to, to light)
- sytyttää verb (to trigger)
French
3 entries- allumer verb (to set fire to, to light)
- déclencher verb (to trigger)
- mettre le feu verb (to set fire to, to light)
German
2 entries- anzünden verb (to set fire to, to light)
- zünden verb (to set fire to, to light)
Gheg Albanian
3 entries- merr verb (to commence burning)
- nez verb (to set fire to, to light)
- nxa verb (to trigger)
Greek
4 entries- ανάβω verb (to set fire to, to light)
- ανάβω verb (to commence burning)
- ενθουσιάζω verb (to trigger)
- πυρπολώ verb (to set fire to, to light)
Hebrew
4 entries- הבעיר verb (to set fire to, to light)
- הדליק verb (to set fire to, to light)
- הדליק verb (to trigger)
- הפעיל verb (to trigger)
Hittite
1 entries- 𒉿𒅈𒉡 verb (to set fire to, to light)
Ingrian
4 entries- syttyä verb (to commence burning)
- syttää verb (to set fire to, to light)
- sytyttää verb (to set fire to, to light)
- virittyä verb (to commence burning)
Irish
2 entries- adhain verb (to set fire to, to light)
- adhain verb (to commence burning)
Italian
4 entries- accendersi verb (to commence burning)
- incendiare verb (to set fire to, to light)
- prendere verb (to commence burning)
- prendere fuoco verb (to commence burning)
Japanese
3 entries- 火を点ける verb (to set fire to, to light)
- 燃え出す verb (to commence burning)
- 発火する verb (to commence burning)
Kazakh
1 entries- тұтандыру verb (to set fire to, to light)
Khmer
1 entries- បញ្ឆេះ verb (to set fire to, to light)
Korean
2 entries- 불을 지르다 verb (to set fire to, to light)
- 점화(點火)하다 verb (to set fire to, to light)
Ladin
2 entries- de fuech verb (to set fire to, to light)
- tizé verb (to set fire to, to light)
Latin
3 entries- ardēscō verb (to commence burning)
- ignio verb (to set fire to, to light)
- incendō verb (to set fire to, to light)
Macedonian
1 entries- запали verb (to set fire to, to light)
Marathi
2 entries- पेटणे verb (to commence burning)
- पेटवणे verb (to set fire to, to light)
Mongolian
2 entries- асаах verb (to set fire to, to light)
- ноцоох verb (to set fire to, to light)
Māori
2 entries- papahū verb (to commence burning)
- whakakāpura verb (to set fire to, to light)
Old English
1 entries- onǣlan verb (to set fire to, to light)
Polish
2 entries- zapalać verb (to set fire to, to light)
- zapalić verb (to set fire to, to light)
Portuguese
3 entries- acender verb (to set fire to, to light)
- acender verb (to commence burning)
- incendiar verb (to set fire to, to light)
Romanian
4 entries- aprinde verb (to set fire to, to light)
- aprinde verb (to trigger)
- da foc verb (to set fire to, to light)
- declanșa verb (to trigger)
Russian
4 entries- воспламени́ть verb (to set fire to, to light)
- воспламени́ться verb (to commence burning)
- воспламеня́ть verb (to set fire to, to light)
- воспламеня́ться verb (to commence burning)
Sardinian
1 entries- affoghizare verb (to set fire to, to light)
Spanish
4 entries- encender verb (to set fire to, to light)
- encender verb (to trigger)
- encenderse verb (to commence burning)
- ignicionar verb (to set fire to, to light)
Swedish
2 entries- tända verb (to set fire to, to light)
- tända verb (to trigger)
Venetan
3 entries- inpiarse verb (to commence burning)
- inpisarse verb (to commence burning)
- inpiẑarse verb (to commence burning)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đốt verb (to set fire to, to light)
Welsh
1 entries- cynnau verb (to set fire to, to light)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Sometimes, I think the president is just trying to ignite a controversy when he gives a speech.
Source: tatoeba (7746210)
What you wish to ignite in another must burn inside you.
Source: tatoeba (7891537)
What you want to ignite in others has to be burning within yourself.
Source: tatoeba (9409770)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.