inflammable
French, adjective/ɛ̃.fla.mabl/
inflammable is spelled I-N-F-L-A-M-M-A-B-L-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,719th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inflammable is a French adjective meaning “flammable, inflammable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui s’enflamme facilement, qui prend rapidement feu”.
What does inflammable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
flammable, inflammable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui s’enflamme facilement, qui prend rapidement feu. 2. Qui est sujet à se prendre de passion, ou qui s’irrite facilement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of inflammable
- inflammables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inflammable?
- /ɛ̃.fla.mabl/
- \ɛ̃.fla.mabl\
- [ɛ̃.flɑ.mɑbl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inflammable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inflammable in French?
inflammable appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).