incendie

See also: incendié

French

Etymology

Ca. 1600, borrowed from Latin incendium. Perhaps influenced by Occitan incendi (in the 16th c. also encende), from Old Occitan encendi (11th c.), which may be inherited or is at least a much earlier borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di/

• Audio (France):

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• Homophones: incendies, incendient

Noun

incendie m (plural incendies)

1. fire (something on fire which is out of control)

Derived terms

• borne d’incendie
• bouche à incendie
• bouche d’incendie
• incendiaire
• incendier

 

Verb

incendie

1. inflection of incendier:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “incendie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

incendie

1. inflection of incendiar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

incendie

1. inflection of incendiar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative