Kilo Lingo

flame

/fleɪm/

Line drawing of flame
Coloured illustration of flame
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Translation

The bright, hot, moving light that you see in a fire.

Word origin

From Old French flamme, from Latin flamma, meaning a blaze of fire.

Origin
Old French
Root
flamma

Grammar

Gender
Pluralflames

Examples

burned top candle.

"Flame" is the bright, hot light of a fire.

bright.

"Flames" is the plural, meaning more than one flame.

lit match .

Here "flame" is the little fire on the match.

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This word is part of lesson 17.