smolder

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. (US, intransitive) To burn with no flame and little smoke.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.

Noun

The act of smoldering or something that smolders.

Concetti

covare

ardere

fumare

bruciare senza fiamma

sinonimi

smoulder

smoke

smoulder

glow

sputter

boil

flush

foment

fume

give head

gleam

glint

blaze

incandesce

seethe

simmer

smother

bloat

glow with heat

seeth

give off smoke

come up

coal

ember

Traduzioni

schwelen

σιγοκαίω

fuego lento

rauchen

glimmen

υποκαίω

καίω χωρίς φλόγα

smeulen

quarzen

schwiemeln

rauchig sein

qualmen

verräuchern

dunsten

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈsmoʊldɚ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: smolderen

Affine inglese: smell

In summary

From Middle English smolderen (“to suffocate, stifle”), from Middle English smolder (“smoke, smoky vapour”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *smolōn (“to burn, glow, fume, smoulder”). Related to Proto-West Germanic *smallijan (> English smell).