Will you buy a Kindle, a Nook or a Kobo eReader?
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Kindle
//ˈkɪn.dəl//
Synonyms for "kindle" (215 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (65)
Related words (107)
Verb(48 words)
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162 translations across 50 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- αἴθω verb (to start (a fire))
- ἅπτω verb (to start (a fire))
Arabic
1 entries- شَعَّلَ verb (to start (a fire))
Armenian
3 entries- արծարծել verb (to start (a fire))
- արծարծել verb (to arouse)
- վառել verb (to start (a fire))
Asturian
3 entries- allumar verb (to start (a fire))
- atizar verb (to start (a fire))
- prender verb (to start (a fire))
Bulgarian
3 entries- котило noun (group of kittens)
- запалвам verb (to start (a fire))
- разпалвам verb (to arouse)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 窩 /窝 noun (group of kittens)
- 分娩 verb (bring forth young)
- 喚起 /唤起 verb (to arouse)
- 激起 verb (to arouse)
Cornish
2 entries- dewi verb (to start (a fire))
- dewi verb (to arouse)
Czech
4 entries- podnítit verb (to arouse)
- probudit (emoce) verb (to arouse)
- rozdělat (oheň) verb (to start (a fire))
- roznítit verb (to arouse)
Danish
4 entries- fænge verb (to start (a fire))
- ophidse verb (to arouse)
- sætte i brand verb (to arouse)
- tænde verb (to start (a fire))
Dutch
4 entries- nest noun (group of kittens)
- aansteken verb (to start (a fire))
- opwekken verb (to arouse)
- opwinden verb (to arouse)
Esperanto
3 entries- ekbruligi verb (to start (a fire))
- fajrigi verb (to start (a fire))
- incendii verb (to start (a fire))
Estonian
4 entries- innustama verb (to arouse)
- käivitama verb (to start (a fire))
- kütkestama verb (to arouse)
- läitma verb (to start (a fire))
Even
1 entries- нулу verb (to start (a fire))
Evenki
1 entries- нул verb (to start (a fire))
Finnish
4 entries- kissapentue noun (group of kittens)
- kiihottaa verb (to arouse)
- synnyttää verb (bring forth young)
- sytyttää verb (to start (a fire))
French
4 entries- portée noun (group of kittens)
- allumer verb (to start (a fire))
- exalter verb (to arouse)
- inspirer verb (to arouse)
Galician
4 entries- acender verb (to start (a fire))
- encender verb (to start (a fire))
- incitar verb (to arouse)
- prender verb (to start (a fire))
Georgian
4 entries- აალება verb (to start (a fire))
- აგზნება verb (to arouse)
- ანთება verb (to start (a fire))
- დანთება verb (to start (a fire))
German
3 entries- anzünden verb (to start (a fire))
- entfachen verb (to start (a fire))
- entfachen verb (to arouse)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to start (a fire))
Greek
3 entries- ανάβω verb (to start (a fire))
- ανάβω verb (to arouse)
- εξάπτω verb (to arouse)
Hungarian
2 entries- feltüzel verb (to arouse)
- meggyújt verb (to start (a fire))
Ido
1 entries- acendar verb (to start (a fire))
Ingrian
3 entries- syttää verb (to start (a fire))
- sytyttää verb (to start (a fire))
- virittää verb (to start (a fire))
Irish
2 entries- adhain verb (to start (a fire))
- fadaigh verb (to start (a fire))
Italian
4 entries- accendere verb (to start (a fire))
- eccitare verb (to arouse)
- infuocare verb (to arouse)
- suscitare verb (to arouse)
Japanese
4 entries- 引火する verb (to start (a fire))
- 点じる verb (to start (a fire))
- 点ずる verb (to start (a fire))
- 点火する verb (to start (a fire))
Korean
1 entries- 불붙이다 verb (to start (a fire))
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тамызуу verb (to start (a fire))
Latin
2 entries- accendō verb (to start (a fire))
- incendō verb (to start (a fire))
Macedonian
4 entries- за́пали verb (to start (a fire))
- по́тпали verb (to start (a fire))
- ра́згори verb (to start (a fire))
- ра́спали verb (to arouse)
Māori
4 entries- maina verb (to start (a fire))
- tahu verb (to start (a fire))
- tungi verb (to start (a fire))
- tungitungi verb (to start (a fire))
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- upatsa verb (to start (a fire))
Old English
3 entries- onǣlan verb (to start (a fire))
- onǣlan verb (to arouse)
- ǣlan verb (to start (a fire))
Persian
3 entries- افروختن verb (to start (a fire))
- برانگیختن verb (to arouse)
- روشن کردن verb (to start (a fire))
Polish
4 entries- rozpalać verb (to start (a fire))
- rozpalić verb (to start (a fire))
- wzniecać verb (to arouse)
- wzniecić verb (to arouse)
Portuguese
3 entries- acender verb (to start (a fire))
- inspirar verb (to arouse)
- suscitar verb (to arouse)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- kā verb (to start (a fire))
Romanian
4 entries- aprinde verb (to start (a fire))
- ațâța verb (to start (a fire))
- inspira verb (to arouse)
- stârni verb (to arouse)
Russian
4 entries- заже́чь verb (to start (a fire))
- заже́чь verb (to arouse)
- зажига́ть verb (to start (a fire))
- зажига́ть verb (to arouse)
Sanskrit
2 entries- छर्दति verb (to start (a fire))
- छर्दति verb (to arouse)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- beothaich verb (to arouse)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- potpaliti verb (to start (a fire))
- zapaliti verb (to start (a fire))
- zapaliti verb (to arouse)
Sicilian
1 entries- addumari verb (to start (a fire))
Spanish
1 entries- encender verb (to start (a fire))
Swedish
3 entries- tända verb (to start (a fire))
- tända verb (to arouse)
- väcka verb (to arouse)
Ukrainian
4 entries- запалити verb (to start (a fire))
- запалити verb (to arouse)
- розпалити verb (to start (a fire))
- розпалити verb (to arouse)
Venetan
3 entries- impisare verb (to start (a fire))
- inpiar verb (to start (a fire))
- inpiẑar verb (to start (a fire))
Vietnamese
2 entries- đàn noun (group of kittens)
- nhóm verb (to start (a fire))
Walloon
2 entries- aloumer verb (to start (a fire))
- esprinde verb (to start (a fire))
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
My friend from university gave me a Kindle because he said he wasn't using it anymore. It's the DX model with a large screen. It's not easy to use, but the screen is indeed quite nice. It hadn't bothered me until now, but it's become hard for me to read something on a normal LCD screen.
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My mother is a whiz on her Kindle.
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But crafty Cytherea planned meanwhile / new arts, new schemes: that Cupid should conspire, / in likeness of Ascanius, to beguile / the queen with gifts, and kindle fierce desire, / and turn the marrow of her bones to fire.
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