flamma

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) flame, fire
2. (declension-1, feminine, figuratively) a fire or flame (of love or passion), love, passion, desire, heat, fury

Concepts

flame

fire

🔥

Synonyms

ignis

🔥

focus

plamen

Translations

flamme

fiamma

llama

chama

Flamme

flama

vlam

φλόγα

flama

لهب

flama

Lohe

flamba

laai

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfɫam.ma]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *flagmā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥-g-mh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥g- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Compare flagrō (“to blaze”) and fulgō (“to flash, shine”) from the same root, as well as Ancient Greek φλογμός (phlogmós, “flame”).