infernal

English

Etymology

From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/
  • Audio (RP)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfəɹnəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl

Adjective

infernal (comparative more infernal, superlative most infernal)

  1. Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
  2. (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
  3. Stygian, gloomy.
  4. Diabolical or fiendish.
  5. (as an expletive) Very annoying; damned.
    • 1905, Bram Stoker, The Man
      As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]
    • 1982, Sharon Green, The Warrior Within (page 10)
      When are you ever going to learn to mind your own infernal business?

Antonyms
  • (of or relating to hell): heavenly
  • (of or relating to hell, underworld or fire): celestial

Translations
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Noun

infernal (plural infernals)

  1. (obsolete) An inhabitant of the infernal regions.

References

infernal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infernālis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fɛʁ.nal/

Adjective

infernal (feminine infernale, masculine plural infernaux, feminine plural infernales)

  1. (relational) hell; infernal
  2. (figuratively) infernal, hellish, awful, terrible

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

From Latin infernālis.

Adjective

infernal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular infernale)

  1. infernal (relating to hell)

Declension
Declension of infernal
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject infernals, infernaus, infernax infernale infernal
Oblique infernal infernale infernal
Plural Subject infernal infernales infernal
Oblique infernals, infernaus, infernax infernales infernal

Descendants
  • English: infernal
  • French: infernal
  • Norman: înfèrna

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.feʁˈnaw/ [ĩ.feɦˈnaʊ̯]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.feɾˈnaw/ [ĩ.feɾˈnaʊ̯]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.feʁˈnaw/ [ĩ.feʁˈnaʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.feɻˈnaw/ [ĩ.feɻˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.fɨɾˈnal/ [ĩ.fɨɾˈnaɫ]

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: in‧fer‧nal

Adjective

infernal m or f (plural infernais)

  1. (Christianity) hellish; infernal (from or relating to hell)
  2. diabolical; evil; infernal
    Synonyms: mau, diabólico, maldoso

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

From French infernal, from Latin infernalis.

Adjective

infernal m or n (feminine singular infernală, masculine plural infernali, feminine and neuter plural infernale)

  1. infernal

Declension
Declension of infernal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite infernal infernală infernali infernale
definite infernalul infernala infernalii infernalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite infernal infernale infernali infernale
definite infernalului infernalei infernalilor infernalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin infernalis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /infeɾˈnal/ [ĩɱ.feɾˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: in‧fer‧nal

Adjective

infernal (plural infernales)

  1. (relational) hell; infernal (of or relating to hell)
  2. infernal, hellish (diabolical, fiendish)
  3. infernal, hellish, hellacious, hell of (very annoying, damned)

Further reading
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