vlam
Afrikaans
/flam/
noun
Definitions
- flame
- (informal) love interest, partner
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish vlam (flame) inherited from Middle Dutch vlamme inherited from Old Dutch flamma derived from Old French flamme derived from Latin flamma (flame, fire).
Origin
Latin
flamma
Gloss
flame, fire
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
火
Emoji
🔥
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flamma Latin
- flammeus Latin
- flammiger Latin
- flammipes Latin
- flammula Latin
- flammulum, flammula Latin
- Flamme German
- fiamma Italian
- vlam Dutch, Flemish
- vlamboog Dutch, Flemish
- vlammenwerper Dutch, Flemish
- vlammenzee Dutch, Flemish
- waakvlam Dutch, Flemish
- flamber French
- flamme French
- flama Spanish, Castilian
- flamear Spanish, Castilian
- flamengo Spanish, Castilian
- llama Spanish, Castilian
- llamear Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰlē- Proto-Indo-European
- flamme Norwegian Bokmål
- flama Portuguese
- flamme Norwegian Nynorsk
- flame Old French
- flamme Old French
- flama Catalan, Valencian
- vlamme Middle Dutch
- flamma Old High German
- פֿלאַם Yiddish
- flamma Old Dutch
- chama Old Portuguese
- fleamã Aromanian
- *flagmā Proto-Italic
- flama Old Occitan
- flamenc Old Occitan
- ciamma Sicilian
- sciàmma Ligurian