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conflagration
English
Etymology
From Middle French, from Latin c?nflagr?ti? (“burning, conflagration”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?nfl????e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
conflagration (countable and uncountable, plural conflagrations)
- A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
- Synonyms: firestorm, inferno
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:conflagration.
- (figuratively) A large-scale conflict.
Translations
See also
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin c?nflagr?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.fla.??a.sj??/
Noun
conflagration f (plural conflagrations)
- (literary) conflagration
See also
- déflagration
Further reading
- “conflagration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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spark
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: spärk, IPA(key): /sp??k/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: späk, IPA(key): /sp??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
- Homophone: SPARC
Etymology 1
From Middle English sparke, sperke, from Old English spearca, from Proto-Germanic *sprakô (compare Dutch spark and sprank, Middle Low German sparke), from Proto-Indo-European *sperg- (“to strew, sprinkle”) (compare Breton erc’h (“snow”), Latin sparg? (“to scatter, spread”), sparsus (“scattered”), Lithuanian sprógti (“to germinate”), Ancient Greek ??????? (spargá?, “to swell”), Avestan ????????????????????????????????????????? (frasparega, “branch, twig”), Sanskrit ??????? (parjanya, “rain, rain god”)).
Noun
spark (plural sparks)
- A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
- A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
- A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
- (figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
- , Book IV, Chapter XVII
- But though we have, here and there, a little of this clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "[1]", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:
- Everton's Marouane Fellaini looks one certain arrival but Moyes, who also saw United held to a draw by Chelsea at Old Trafford on Monday, needs even more of a spark in a midfield that looked laboured by this team's standards.
- , Book IV, Chapter XVII
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa.
- (in plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
- (Britain, slang) An electrician.
Synonyms
- (small particle of glowing matter): ember, gnast, funk
- (small amount of something, such as an idea, that has the potential to become something greater): beginnings, germ, glimmer
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Esperanto: sparko
Translations
Verb
spark (third-person singular simple present sparks, present participle sparking, simple past and past participle sparked)
- (transitive, figuratively) To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
- (transitive) To light; to kindle.
- 2009, Alex Jenson, The Serotonin Grand Prix (page 12)
- Byron sparked the cigarette. He sucked it dramatically and thrust it into Marko's hand.
- 2009, Alex Jenson, The Serotonin Grand Prix (page 12)
- (intransitive) To give off a spark or sparks.
Derived terms
- spark off
- sparkle
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably Scandinavian, akin to Old Norse sparkr (“sprightly”).
Noun
spark (plural sparks)
- A gallant; a foppish young man.
- The finest sparks and cleanest beaux.
- Jones had no sooner quitted the room, than the petty-fogger, in a whispering tone, asked Mrs Whitefield, “If she knew who that fine spark was?”
- A beau, lover.
Verb
spark (third-person singular simple present sparks, present participle sparking, simple past and past participle sparked)
- (intransitive) To woo, court; to act the gallant or beau.
Synonyms
- make love, romance, solicit; see also Thesaurus:woo
Derived terms
- sparkish
- sparker
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- K-spar, Karps, Parks, Praks, parks
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse spark, verbal noun to sparka (“to kick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spark/, [sb?????]
Noun
spark n (singular definite sparket, plural indefinite spark)
- kick
Inflection
Verb
spark
- imperative of sparke
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spa??k/
Noun
spark n (genitive singular sparks, plural spørk)
- kick
Declension
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
From sparka (“to kick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spar?k/
- Rhymes: -ar?k
Noun
spark n (genitive singular sparks, nominative plural spörk)
- kick
Declension
Middle English
Noun
spark
- Alternative form of sparke
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
spark n (definite singular sparket, indefinite plural spark, definite plural sparka or sparkene)
- a kick (with a foot)
Derived terms
- brassespark
- frispark
- hjørnespark
- straffespark
Related terms
- sparke
Verb
spark
- imperative of sparke
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
spark n (definite singular sparket, indefinite plural spark, definite plural sparka)
- a kick (with a foot)
Derived terms
- brassespark
- frispark
- hjørnespark
- straffespark
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse spark, from sparka (“to kick”).
Noun
spark c
- kick
- kicksled; short for sparkstötting
Declension
Anagrams
- karps, parks, skarp
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