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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Language: | Italian |
| Origin: | 'hell', from Late Latin infernus; INFERNAL |
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in‧fer‧no
plural infernos [countable]
plural infernos [countable]1 an extremely large and dangerous fire - used especially in news reports
2 literary when someone has very strong feelings that are difficult to control : She was desperately trying to calm the inferno raging within her.
She was desperately trying to calm the inferno raging within her.WORD FOCUS: fire WORD FOCUS: fire 
a big fire that causes a lot of damage: blaze, inferno, conflagration literary
someone whose job is to put out fires: firefighter, fireman, the fire department American English, the fire brigade British Englishfire
➔ See also fire
WORD FOCUS: fire a big fire that causes a lot of damage: blaze, inferno, conflagration literary
someone whose job is to put out fires: firefighter, fireman, the fire department American English, the fire brigade British Englishfire
➔ See also fire
