inferno

Etymology
From, from , ; see.

The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of.

Noun

 * 1) A place or situation resembling Hell.
 * 2) A large fire; a conflagration.
 * 1) A large fire; a conflagration.
 * 1) A large fire; a conflagration.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:afterlife

Derived terms

 * towering inferno

Translations

 * Arabic: جَحِيم, جَهَنَّم
 * Bashkir: тамуҡ, йәһәннәм
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: inferno
 * Finnish: ;, ,  ; tulihelvetti
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: (地獄)


 * Arabic: جَحِيم, سَعِير
 * Danish: inferno
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin:
 * Maori: toronga, ahi nui whakaharahara
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: inferno
 * Nynorsk: inferno
 * Portuguese:


 * German:

Etymology
From, from , ; see. The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire.

Noun

 * 1) hell-like place or situation.
 * 2) hellfire
 * 3) a large fire

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) inferno place resembling hell, large fire

Etymology
Inherited from, from.

Noun

 * 1)  hell
 * 2)  a very unpleasable or negative situation

Etymology 1
, derived from.

Adjective

 * 1) hellish, infernal
 * 2)  lower, inferior

Etymology 2
,, noun use of , derived from.

Noun

 * 1) hell

Etymology 3
From the Inferno (a place near ).

Noun

 * 1) a kind of red wine

Noun

 * 1)   (etymology 2)

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) an

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) an

Etymology
,, from.

Noun

 * 1)  hell (where sinners go)
 * 2)  a very unpleasant or negative situation
 * 3)  a very hot place

Interjection

 * 1) hell expressing discontent, unhappiness, or anger

Noun

 * 1) an ; an extremely dangerous, chaotic and generally overwhelming situation

Usage notes

 * Swedes would associate inferno with Dante but also with August Strindberg