🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

불꽃

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bulkkot

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flame/fleɪm/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2100 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"촛불의 불꽃이 어두운 방에서 흔들리고 있었다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The visible, gaseous part of a fire.

    "The candle's flame flickered in the dark room."
As verb
  1. 1

    To burn with a bright flame.

    "The campfire flamed brightly against the night sky."

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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French word 'flame', which traces back to the Latin 'flamma', meaning a burning fire or blaze. It is likely related to the Latin verb 'flagrare', meaning to burn or blaze, originating from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- ('to shine, flash, burn').

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