infernaal
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French infernal, from Late Latin infernālis, from infernus (“hell”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪn.fɛrˈnaːl/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: in‧fer‧naal
- Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
infernaal (comparative infernaler, superlative infernaalst)
- of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish
- (by extension) of or relating to a fire or inferno
- diabolical or fiendish
Declension
| Declension of infernaal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | infernaal | |||
| inflected | infernale | |||
| comparative | infernaler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | infernaal | infernaler | het infernaalst het infernaalste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | infernale | infernalere | infernaalste |
| n. sing. | infernaal | infernaler | infernaalste | |
| plural | infernale | infernalere | infernaalste | |
| definite | infernale | infernalere | infernaalste | |
| partitive | infernaals | infernalers | — | |
Synonyms
- (of or relating to hell): hels
- (of or relating to the devil): duivels, diabolisch, satanisch, mefistofelisch, demonisch
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “of or relating to hell”): hemels