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Inferno

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n., pl. -nos.
  1. A place or condition suggestive of hell, especially with respect to human suffering or death: the inferno of battle.
  2. A place of fiery heat or destruction.

[Italian, hell, from Late Latin īnfernus. See infernal.]


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IN BRIEF: A place or state that resembles hell.

pronunciation A person who has not passed through the inferno of their passions has never overcome them. — Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist.

 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - helvede

Nederlands (Dutch)
vlammenzee, hel

Français (French)
n. - brasier, (lit, fig) enfer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Flammenmeer, Inferno, Hölle

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ., μτφ.) κόλαση, κολαστήριο

Italiano (Italian)
mare di fiamme, inferno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - inferno (m)

Русский (Russian)
ад

Español (Spanish)
n. - infierno, hoguera, llamas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - inferno, helvete

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
阴间, 地狱

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 陰間, 地獄

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지옥, 지옥 같은 장소, (단테 신곡의)지옥편

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 地獄, 地獄のような場所

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الجحيم, جهنم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שריפה משתוללת, מחזה נורא, גיהינום‬


 
 

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