bonfire

Etymology
The is derived from Late, , , apparently from  +. is derived from (ultimately from ), while  is from  (ultimately from ). The first element of the word has sometimes been assumed to be.

The  (OED) notes that bonfires, originally lit as part of midsummer celebrations, were not generally associated with the burning of bones. However, the first edition of the OED (under the title A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 1887) stated that “for the annual midsummer ‘banefire’ or ‘bonfire’ in the burgh of Hawick [in Roxburghshire, Scotland], old bones were regularly collected and stored up, down to c. 1800”.

The is derived from the noun.



Noun

 * 1) A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.
 * 2) A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally, heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.
 * 3)  Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
 * 4)  A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre.
 * 1) A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally, heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.
 * 2)  Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
 * 3)  A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre.
 * 1) A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally, heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.
 * 2)  Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
 * 3)  A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre.
 * 1)  Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
 * 2)  A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre.
 * 1)  Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
 * 2)  A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre.
 * 1)  A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre.

Translations

 * Arabic: مَشْعَل
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: во́гнішча, касцёр
 * Bengali:
 * Bhojpuri: 𑂃𑂪𑂰𑂫, 𑂐𑂴𑂩𑂰, 𑂍𑂸𑂚𑂰
 * Breton:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: táborák
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: rubfajro, festfajro
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, ,
 * German: Freudenfeuer
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Irish: tine chnámh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, たき火, , かがり火
 * Korean: 화톳불, 모닥불
 * Latvian: ugunskurs
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lü: ᦂᦸᧂᦺᦝ
 * Macedonian: логорски оган
 * Magahi: 𑂃𑂪𑂰𑂫, 𑂐𑂴𑂚𑂱
 * Maithili: घूर, घूड़ि, घुड़ारी, अलाव
 * Nandi: korosio
 * Norman: fouée, feu d'jouaie
 * Norwegian: bål
 * Okinawan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Rohingya:
 * Romanian: foc de tabără
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: táborák
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: fogata
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Sylheti:
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish: şenlik ateşi
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Welsh:, goddaith


 * Armenian:
 * Basque: sutzar
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: rubfajro
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: tine chnámh
 * Italian: ,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ломача
 * Spanish:


 * Georgian: ,

Verb

 * 1) To destroy (something) by, or as if by, burning on a bonfire;  to burn or set alight.
 * 2)  To fire (pottery) using a bonfire.
 * 3)  To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place) with a bonfire.
 * 4)  To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.
 * 1)  To fire (pottery) using a bonfire.
 * 2)  To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place) with a bonfire.
 * 3)  To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.
 * 1)  To fire (pottery) using a bonfire.
 * 2)  To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place) with a bonfire.
 * 3)  To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.
 * 1)  To fire (pottery) using a bonfire.
 * 2)  To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place) with a bonfire.
 * 3)  To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.
 * 1)  To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place) with a bonfire.
 * 2)  To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.
 * 1)  To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place) with a bonfire.
 * 2)  To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.
 * 1)  To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.
 * 1)  To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.