flammable

Back-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as the prefix in- is often used to mean "un-; non-", although it was originally meant in a sense closely related to en-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈflæməbəl/

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flammable (comparative more flammable, superlative most flammable)

1. Capable of burning, especially a liquid.
2. Easily set on fire.
3. Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.

• inflammable (in the original sense)

• inflammable (in the newer sense)
• non-flammable, nonflammable
• noninflammable
• unflammable
• uninflammable

flammable (plural flammables)

1. Any flammable substance.