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Definition of inflammable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inflammable

adjective
 
/ɪnˈflæməbl/
 
/ɪnˈflæməbl/
(especially British English)
(also more frequent flammable British and North American English)
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  1. that can burn easily
    • inflammable material
    • These gases are highly inflammable.
    Inflammable looks like an opposite of flammable but in fact it has the same meaning. However, flammable is much more frequent than inflammable and carries less risk of the meaning being confused.
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin inflammare, from in- ‘into’ + flamma ‘flame’.
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