incendie

Ca. 1600, borrowed from Latin incendium. Perhaps influenced by Occitan incendi (in the 16th c. also encende), from Old Occitan encendi (11th c.), which may be inherited or is at least a much earlier borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di/

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• Homophones: incendies, incendient

incendie m (plural incendies)

1. fire (something on fire which is out of control)

incendie

1. inflection of incendier:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “incendie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

incendie

1. inflection of incendiar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• Hyphenation: in‧cen‧di‧e

incendie

1. inflection of incendiar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

incendie

1. inflection of incendiar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative