INFERNO


Meaning of INFERNO in English

/ ɪnˈfɜːnəʊ; NAmE ɪnˈfɜːrnoʊ/ noun

[ usually sing. ] ( pl. -os ) a very large dangerous fire that is out of control :

a blazing / raging inferno

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from Italian , from Christian Latin infernus below, underground, used by Christians to mean hell, on the pattern of inferni (masculine plural) the shades and inferna (neuter plural) the lower regions.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.