Masculine
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ignis

Meaning

  1. (declension-3, masculine) fire
  2. (declension-3, masculine, metonymically) beacon, signal by fire

Synonyms

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈɪŋ.nɪs]
Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *əngʷnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís (“fire”). Cognate with Lithuanian ugnis, Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), Hittite 𒀀𒀝𒉌𒅖 (akniš) (an Indo-Iranian borrowing), Old Church Slavonic огнь (ognĭ) and Old Prussian ugnis.

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