ignivome

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ignivomus.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /i.ɲi.vɔm/, /i.ɲi.vom/ [1]

Adjective

ignivome (plural ignivomes)

  1. Which spews fire, ignivomous
    1. (rare, archaic; of volcanos) ignivomous
      des montagnes ignivomes ― ignivomous mountains
    2. (literary; of animate, usually mythical, creatures) flammivomous, fire-breathing
      un dragon ignivome ― a fire-breathing dragon

Noun

ignivome m or f (plural ignivomes)

  1. (literary) fire-breather, flammivomous dragon
    Les ignivomes s’éloignent des cascades. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References
  1. “ignivome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Adjective

ignivome

  1. feminine plural of ignivomo
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