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fiamma

flame

noun FYAHM-mah Less Common
Home & Lifestyle Household Items

Origin: Latin flamma

Also means

sweetheart (figurative)

Usage Note

Fiamma is the standard word for a flame or tongue of fire: le fiamme dell'incendio (the flames of the fire). Colloquially it also means an old flame or sweetheart: il mio primo amore, la mia fiamma — note the feminine gender. The plural is regular: fiamme. The phrase andare in fiamme means 'to burst into flames.'

Examples

"La candela proietta una piccola fiamma."

Natural Translation

The candle casts a small flame.

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