different between conflagration vs conflagrate

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin c?nflagr?ti? (“burning, conflagration”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?nfl????e???n/

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

conflagration (countable and uncountable, plural conflagrations)

2. A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

   Synonyms: firestorm, inferno

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3. (figuratively) A large-scale conflict.

Translations

See also

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nflagr?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.fla.??a.sj??/

Noun

conflagration f (plural conflagrations)

1. (literary) conflagration

See also

• déflagration

Further reading

• “conflagration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From c?nfl?gr?t-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin c?nfl?gr? (“I am consumed by fire”, “I set aflame”).

Verb

conflagrate (third-person singular simple present conflagrates, present participle conflagrating, simple past and past participle conflagrated)

1. (intransitive) To catch fire. [17th century to the present]
2. (transitive) To set fire to something. [17th century to the present]

Related terms

• conflagration

Latin

Verb

c?nflagr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?nflagr?