It is impossible to burn a copy of Dante's Inferno because the ice of the ninth layer of hell will put out any fires kindled with earlier pages.
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Inferno
//ɪnˈfɝnoʊ//
Synonyms for "inferno" (52 found)
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Related words (26)
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Translations
55 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- جَحِيم noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- جَحِيم noun (large fire)
- جَهَنَّم noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- سَعِير noun (large fire)
Bashkir
2 entries- йәһәннәм noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- тамуҡ noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ад noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- пъкъл noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
Catalan
2 entries- foc gran noun (large fire)
- infern noun (large fire)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 地獄 /地狱 noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
Danish
2 entries- inferno noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- inferno noun (large fire)
Dutch
2 entries- inferno noun (large fire)
- vuurzee noun (large fire)
Finnish
4 entries- helvetti noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- horna noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- horna noun (large fire)
- inferno noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
French
3 entries- brasier noun (large fire)
- enfer noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- incendie noun (large fire)
German
2 entries- Hölle noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- Inferno noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
Greek
1 entries- κόλαση noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
Hebrew
2 entries- תֹּפֶת noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- תֹּפֶת noun (large fire)
Italian
4 entries- fuogo grande noun (large fire)
- inferno noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- inferno noun (large fire)
- inferno di fiamme noun (large fire)
Japanese
3 entries- 地獄 noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- 業火 noun (large fire)
- 猛火 noun (large fire)
Korean
1 entries- 지옥 noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
Latin
2 entries- ignis grandis noun (large fire)
- incendium noun (large fire)
Māori
2 entries- ahi nui whakaharahara noun (large fire)
- toronga noun (large fire)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- inferno noun (large fire)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- inferno noun (large fire)
Portuguese
3 entries- fogo grande noun (large fire)
- inferno noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- inferno noun (large fire)
Russian
2 entries- ад noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- пе́кло noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
Spanish
3 entries- fuego grande noun (large fire)
- infierno noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
- infierno noun (large fire)
Swedish
1 entries- inferno noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
Vietnamese
1 entries- địa ngục noun (place or situation resembling Hell)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Fadil looked handsome, but inside, he was an inferno of rage.
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Australia is experiencing a fiery inferno.
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The inferno has scorched the slopes of Parnitha, which includes a protected nature reserve, just north of Athens.
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