Bonfire

Bon′fireˊ

,

Noun.

[OE.

bonefire

,

banefire

, orig. a fire of bones;

bone

+

fire

; but cf. also Prov. E.

bun

a dry stalk.]

A large fire built in the open air, as an expression of public joy and exultation, or for amusement.

Full soon by

bonfire

and by bell,
We learnt our liege was passing well.

Gay.

Bonfire

BON'FIRE

,

Noun.

A fire made as an expression of public joy and exultation.

bonfire

English

bonfire (large controlled outside fire).

Alternative forms

bone-fire (obsolete)
burnfire

Noun

bonfire ‎(plural bonfires)

(obsolete) A fire in which bones were burned.
A fire to burn unwanted or disreputable items or people: proscribed books, heretics etc.
A large, controlled outdoor fire, as a signal or to celebrate something.

Derived terms

bonfire night

Translations

fire to burn unwanted items or people

Armenian: խարույկ (hy) ‎(xaruyk)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
Dutch: brandstapel (nl)
Esperanto: rubfajro
Finnish: rovio (fi)
French: bûcher (fr) m
German: Scheiterhaufen (de) m
Hungarian: máglya (hu)

Italian: rogo (it) m (for corpses or people), falò (it) m (for unwanted items)
Lithuanian: laužas m
Polish: stos (pl) m
Portuguese: fogueira (pt) f
Romanian: rug (ro) n
Russian: костёр (ru) m ‎(kostjór)
Serbo-Croatian: lomača (sh) f, ломача f
Spanish: hoguera (es) f

large, outdoor controlled fire

Armenian: խարույկ (hy) ‎(xaruyk)
Belarusian: во́гнішча n ‎(vóhnišča), касцёр m ‎(kascjór)
Breton: tantad (br) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 篝火 (zh) ‎(gōuhuǒ)
Czech: táborák m
Dutch: vreugdevuur (nl) n
Esperanto: rubfajro, festfajro
Finnish: kokko (fi), rovio (fi)
French: feu de joie (fr) m
German: Freudenfeuer n
Hungarian: örömtűz (hu)
Icelandic: bál (is) n, varðeldur (is) m
Italian: falò (it) m
Japanese: 焚き火 (ja), たき火 ‎(たきび, takibi), 篝火, かがり火 ‎(かがりび, kagaribi)
Norman: fouée f, feu d'jouaie m
Korean: 화톳불 ‎(hwatotbul), 모닥불 ‎(modakbul)

Latvian: ugunskurs m
Lithuanian: laužas m
Macedonian: логорски оган m ‎(logorski ogan)
Norwegian: bål n
Okinawan:
Polish: ognisko (pl) n
Portuguese: fogueira (pt) f
Romanian:
Russian: костёр (ru) m ‎(kostjór)
Slovak: táborák m
Slovene: kres (sl) m inan
Spanish: fogata f
Swedish: bål (sv), lägereld, brasa (sv)
Tibetan:
Ukrainian: бага́ття (uk) n ‎(baháttja), во́гнище (uk) n ‎(vóhnyšče)
Welsh: coelcerth (cy) f

References

↑ “bonfire” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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