Inferno Definition
ĭn-fûrnō
infernos
noun
infernos
That section of Dante's Divine Comedy which describes hell and the sufferings of the damned.
Webster's New World
Hell or any place suggesting hell, usually characterized by great heat or flames.
Webster's New World
A large fire, a conflagration.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Inferno
Noun
Singular:
inferno
Plural:
infernosOrigin of Inferno
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From Italian inferno (“hell”), from Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the lower regions”); see infernal.
From Wiktionary
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The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire,
From Wiktionary
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Italian hell from Late Latin īnfernus infernal
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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