arson

See also: ar son

English

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Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹsən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːsən/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)sən

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman and Old French arson, from the verb ardoir, from Latin ardeō (“to burn”). Compare ardent.

Noun

arson (usually uncountable, plural arsons)

1. The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
   • 2006, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Killer Smile, Part two, p.34:

     Arson, like we thought. three punks doused a car, lit it, and took off.

Derived terms

• antiarson
• arson dog
• arsonical
• arsonism
• arsonist
• arsonite
• arsonous
• arsonphobia
• arsonry
• climate arson

Translations

crime of setting a fire

Afrikaans: brandstigting Arabic: حَرِيق مُتَعَمَّد (ḥarīq mutaʕammad) Armenian: հրդեհում (hy) (hrdehum), հրկիզում (hy) (hrkizum) Belarusian: падпа́л m (padpál) Bengali: অগ্নিকাণ্ড (bn) (ognikanḍo) Bulgarian: пале́ж (bg) m (paléž) Catalan: incendi criminal Chinese: Cantonese: 丫臣 (aa1 san4, aa1 san2) Mandarin: 縱火 / 纵火 (zh) (zònghuǒ), 放火 (zh) (fànghuǒ) Czech: žhářství n Danish: brandstiftelse c, pyromanbrand c, ildspåsættelse c Dutch: brandstichting (nl) f Esperanto: brulkrimo, krimfajro Estonian: süütamine Faroese: eldáseting f Finnish: tuhopoltto (fi), syttyminen (fi), sytyttäminen (fi) French: incendie criminel (fr) m, incendie (fr) m Georgian: ცეცხლის წაკიდება (cecxlis c̣aḳideba) German: Brandstiftung (de) f, (Austria) Brandlegung f Greek: εμπρησμός (el) m (emprismós) Hebrew: הַצָּתָה (he) f (hatzatá) Hindi: आगज़नी f (āgzanī), अग्निकांड (hi) (agnikāṇḍ) Hungarian: gyújtogatás (hu) Icelandic: íkveikja (is) f Indonesian: pembakaran disengaja Irish: coirloscadh Italian: incendio doloso Japanese: 放火 (ja) (ほうか, hōka), 放火罪 (ほうかざい, hōkazai) Korean: 방화(放火) (ko) (banghwa) Lithuanian: padegimas m Luxembourgish: Brandstëftung f Macedonian: опожарување n (opožaruvanje), палеж m (palež) Marathi: जाळपोळ (jāḷpoḷ) Norwegian: Bokmål: brannstiftelse m, mordbrann m, ildspåsettelse Nynorsk: brannstifting, eldspåsetjing Persian: آتشزنی (ātešzani) Polish: podpalenie (pl) n Portuguese: incêndio criminoso m Punjabi: ਅਗਨੀਕਾੰਡ (aganīkāṇḍ) Romanian: incendiere (ro) f Russian: поджо́г (ru) m (podžóg) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: па́леж m Roman: pálež (sh) m Slovak: podpaľačstvo n Slovene: požig (sl) m Spanish: incendio provocado m, incendio premeditado m, delito de incendio m, incendio intencional m, crimen incendiario m, incendio pirómano m, incendio piromaníaco m, incendio criminal m, incendio malicioso m, incendio delictivo m, incendio delictuoso m (uncommon) Swedish: mordbrand (sv) c, antändning (sv) c Turkish: kundaklama (tr), kundakçılık (tr) Ukrainian: підпа́л m (pidpál) Urdu: آتِش زَدَگی (ur) f (ātiś zadagī), آتِش زَنی (ur) f (ātiś zanī) Vietnamese: phóng hỏa (vi), đốt phá Walloon: målfeu (wa) m (metou) Welsh: llosgi (cy) m

See also

• incendiary
• incendiarism

Verb

arson (third-person singular simple present arsons, present participle arsoning, simple past and past participle arsoned)

1. (transitive, chiefly India) To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner.

Etymology 2

From Middle English arsoun, from Old French arçon, from Vulgar Latin *arciō (“saddlebow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”); compare Italian arcione, Portuguese arção, and Spanish arzón.

Noun

arson (plural arsons)

2. (obsolete) A saddlebow.
   • 1550, Edward Halle, “The xij. yere of King Henry the viij.”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illuſtre Famelies of Lancaſtre and Yoꝛke‎, folio 78, recto:

     The kyng of Englande mounted on a freſhe courſer, the trapper of clothe of golde, of Tiſſue, the Arſon mantell wiſe […]

   • 1598, John Florio, “Arcione”, in A Worlde of Words, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield for Edw[ard] Blount, →OCLC, page 25, column 1:

     Arcione, the arſon or ſaddle bowe.

   • 1634, Matheo Aleman, “Wherein Guzman de Alfarache relateth the Story of thoſe two Louers, Ozmin and Daraxa”, in Don Diego Puede-Ser, transl., The rogue: or The life of Guzman de Alfarache‎, volume 1, pages 68–69:

     […] And putting vp good ſtore of gold and Iewels for that iourney, and taking with him a good horſe, that was browne Bay, with a Petronell hanging at the arſon of his Saddle […]

Anagrams

• Arons, saron, orans, sorna, Sanor, Rasŏn, sonar, roans, SONAR, Naros, Rason

Middle English

Noun

arson

1. alternative form of arsoun

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French arçon.

Noun

arson m (plural arsons)

1. saddle

Old French

Etymology

From the verb ardre, ardoir, from Latin ardeō.

Noun

arson oblique singular, m (oblique plural arsons, nominative singular arsons, nominative plural arson)

1. burning; fire
2. arson
3. sunburn
4. burn (on the skin, etc.)

Descendants

• → English: arson