The Free Dictionary advises using only flammable to give warnings: Usage Note: Historically, flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. However, the presence of the prefix in- has …

Feb 28, 2015 · Inflammable, derived from the verb inflame, is the original word. But because the first syllable is easily misinterpreted as the common negative prefix in- (as in, for example, …

Jul 12, 2018 · The etymology of inflammable is from the French root inflammable, in turn from the Latin - related to the verb inflame. Etymology: representing Latin type *inflammābilis , < …

Why are not infamous and inflammable the opposite of famous and flammable, like incomplete, inactivity, inappropriate and so on?

Moi aussi. I see some irony in the fact that the NFPA, which is widely credited with having spearheaded the movement to popularize flammable in the 1920s (see the entry for …

The words flammable and inflammable mean the same thing, but (to someone unfamiliar with their meaning) appear to be opposites (because of the &quot;in&quot; prefix). Is there a name …

Somewhat related to this question, I am curious to know what words in English would seem to be opposites at first blush but are in fact synonyms? Immediately I can think of flammable and …

Mar 9, 2018 · Cleave means tear apart as well as bind together. The world inflammable can mean combustible or not combustible. There is no "why" to natural languages, or, rather, asking …

Mar 29, 2013 · The joke arises from the fact that "inflammable" and "flammable" are synonymous (that is, they have the same meaning.) Normally the prefix "in" makes the root word have the …

Feb 22, 2023 · Inflammable means flammable/can combust in French. French doesn't have the word flammable for some reason (nothing seems inherently "wrong" with it, it just doesn't …