ignite

English

Etymology

From Latin ignītus, past participle of igniō, ignire (“to set on fire, ignite”), from Latin ignis (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis, and thus related to Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), Lithuanian ugnis, and Russian ого́нь (ogónʹ).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭgnīt', IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnaɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

ignite (third-person singular simple present ignites, present participle igniting, simple past and past participle ignited)

1. (transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)

   Synonyms: inflame, kindle; see also Thesaurus:kindle

2. (transitive) to spark off (something), to trigger

   Synonyms: engender, provoke; see also Thesaurus:incite, Thesaurus:thrill

   ignite curiosity

   ignite someone's interest

   • 2005, Mick Fowler, On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya:

     Our observations on the way up had been mixed but the deep, crisp cold of the Peruvian night followed by a crystal clear dawn re-ignited our enthusiasm and sent us scampering across the frozen snow bowl […]

3. (intransitive) to commence burning.

   Synonyms: catch fire, combust, go up in flames; see also Thesaurus:combust

4. (chemistry, transitive) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.

   to ignite iron or platinum

Derived terms

• self-ignite

Related terms

• ignition
• igneous

Translations

to set fire to, to light

• Armenian: կրակ տալ (krak tal), վառել (hy) (vaṙel)
• Basque: sutu
• Bulgarian: паля (bg) (palja), запалвам (bg) (zapalvam)
• Catalan: encendre (ca)
• Czech: vznítit
• Dutch: aansteken (nl), ontsteken (nl), ontbranden (nl)
• Esperanto: fajrigi, ekbruligi
• Finnish: sytyttää (fi)
• French: mettre le feu (fr), allumer (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: zünden (de), anzünden (de)
• Greek: (to light) ανάβω (el) (anávo), (to set fire to) πυρπολώ (el) (pyrpoló)

  Ancient: αἴθω (aíthō)

• Hebrew: (to light) הצית (hitsit), (to set fire to) הדליק (הדליק), הבעיר (hiv'ir)
• Hittite: 𒉿𒅈𒉡
• Ingrian: virittää, syttää, sytyttää
• Irish: adhain
• Italian: incendiare (it)
• Japanese: 火を点ける (ひをつける, hi o tsukeru)
• Kazakh: тұтандыру (tūtandyru)
• Khmer: បញ្ឆេះ (km) (bɑñcheh)
• Korean: 불을 지르다 (bur-eul jireuda), 점화(點火)하다 (jeomhwahada)
• Ladin: tizé, de fuech
• Latin: incendō, ignio (la)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: whakakāpura
• Marathi: पेटवणे (peṭavṇe)
• Mongolian: асаах (mn) (asaax), ноцоох (nocoox)
• Old English: onǣlan
• Polish: zapalić (pl), zapalać (pl)
• Portuguese: incendiar (pt) (to set fire to), acender (pt) (to light)
• Romanian: aprinde (ro), da foc
• Russian: зажига́ть (ru) impf (zažigátʹ), заже́чь (ru) pf (zažéčʹ), воспламеня́ть (ru) impf (vosplamenjátʹ), воспламени́ть (ru) pf (vosplamenítʹ)
• Sardinian:

  Logudorese: affoghizare

• Spanish: encender (es), incendiar (es), ignicionar, ignir
• Swedish: tända (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: đốt (vi)
• Welsh: cynnau (cy)

to trigger

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 引燃 (zh) (yǐnrán)

• Finnish: sytyttää (fi)
• French: déclencher (fr)
• Greek: ενθουσιάζω (el) (enthousiázo)
• Hebrew: הדליק (hidlik), הפעיל (he) (hif'il)
• Romanian: aprinde, declanșa
• Spanish: ignicionar, ignir
• Swedish: tända (sv)

to commence burning

• Bulgarian: запалвам се (zapalvam se), възпламенявам се (vǎzplamenjavam se)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 點火／点火 (dim² fo²)

  Mandarin: 點火／点火 (zh) (diǎnhuǒ)

• Finnish: syttyä (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: ανάβω (el) (anávo)
• Hebrew:התלקח (he) (hitlakeakh), נדלק (nidlak)
• Ingrian: virittyä, syttyä
• Irish: adhain
• Italian: accendersi (it), prendere (it), prendere fuoco
• Japanese: 発火する (はっかする, hakkasuru), 燃え出す (もえだす, moedasu)
• Latin: ardēscō
• Maori: papahū
• Marathi: पेटणे (mr) (peṭṇe)
• Portuguese: acender (pt)
• Romanian:se aprinde
• Russian: воспламеня́ться (ru) impf (vosplamenjátʹsja), воспламени́ться (ru) pf (vosplamenítʹsja), загора́ть (ru) impf (zagorátʹ), загоре́ть (ru) pf (zagorétʹ)
• Spanish: ignicionar, ignir
• Venetan: inpiarse, inpiẑarse, inpisarse

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Translations to be checked

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} داگیرسان (dagîrsan)

Anagrams

• tieing

Italian

Adjective

ignite f pl

1. feminine plural of ignito

Latin

Verb

ignīte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of igniō