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flama

flama

See also: flamă

French

Verb

flama

third-person singular past historic of flamer

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin flamma. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French flame.

Noun

flama f ‎(oblique plural flamas, nominative singular flama, nominative plural flamas)

flame (visible part of fire)

Descendants

Catalan: flama
Occitan: flamba, flama

References

(fr)(de) flamma in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)

See also

foc

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin flamma. Doublet of chama.

Noun

flama f (plural flamas)

flame (visible part of fire)

Synonyms

chama