flammable
American Heritage Dictionary:
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flam·ma·ble
(flăm'ə-bəl) 
adj.
Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable.
flammable flam'ma·ble n.
adj.
Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable.
[From Latin flammāre, to set fire to, from flamma, flame.]
flammability flam'ma·bil'i·ty n.flammable flam'ma·ble n.
USAGE NOTE Historically, flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. However, the presence of the prefix in- has misled many people into assuming that inflammable means "not flammable" or "noncombustible." The prefix -in in inflammable is not, however, the Latin negative prefix -in, which is related to the English -un and appears in such words as indecent and inglorious. Rather, this -in is an intensive prefix derived from the Latin preposition in. This prefix also appears in the word enflame. But many people are not aware of this derivation, and for clarity's sake it is advisable to use only flammable to give warnings.
Fowler's Modern English Usage:
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flammable
meaning 'easily set on fire', was revived in modern use (in British English by the British Standards Institution) and used together with the noun flammability in place of inflammable and inflammability (which have the same meaning) in order to avoid the possibility that the in- forms might suggest a negative meaning 'not easily set on fire'. The negative forms now recommended are non-flammable and non-flammability.
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Antonyms by Answers.com:
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flammable
adj
Definition: easily started afire
Antonyms: fireproof, flameproof, incombustible, non-flammable
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Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.
Translations:
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Flammable
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - brændbar
Nederlands (Dutch)
ontvlambaar, brandgevaarlijk
Français (French)
adj. - inflammable
Deutsch (German)
adj. - entzündbar, feuergefährlich
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εύφλεκτος
Italiano (Italian)
infiammabile
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inflamável
Русский (Russian)
воспламеняемый, огнеопасный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - inflamable, combustible
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - brännbar
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易燃的, 可燃性的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易燃的, 可燃性的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 가연성의, 타기 쉬운
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) ملتهب , سريع الإلتهاب أو الإشتعال
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - דליק, מתלקח
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