infern

From Latin infernus (attested since 12th century[1], and possibly partly modified to more closely reflect the Latin etymon; compare Occitan infèrn, Old Occitan enfern).

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /imˈfɛɾn/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /imˈfɛrn/

infern m (plural inferns)

1. hell

• infernal

• “infern” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “infern”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “infern” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “infern” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• nfern (chiefly informal, after a vowel)

Borrowed from Sicilian nfernu and/or Italian inferno, both from Latin infernus.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɛrn/

infern m

1. hell

   Antonyms: ġenna, sema

Borrowed from Latin infernus.

infern m

1. hell, inferno

   Synonyms: hel, hellia

• fern

Borrowed from Italian inferno, Latin infernus.

infern n (plural infernuri)

1. hell (place where the souls of dead sinners are to be tortured eternally)

   Synonyms: iad, gheenă, tartar, hades, orc

2. (figurative) hell, inferno (agonizing situation)