ignition

English

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Etymology

From French ignition.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭgnĭ'shən, IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

ignition (countable and uncountable, plural ignitions)

1. The act of igniting.

   Synonym: inflammation

2. The initiation of combustion.
3. (automotive, mechanical engineering) A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.
4. (automotive) Receptacle for a key used to start the engine in a vehicle.

   Put the key in the ignition and turn in right.

5. (physics) The phenomenon of a thermonuclear fusion reaction becoming self-sustaining and no longer requiring external heating.
   English Wikipedia has an article on:

   fusion ignition

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Derived terms

• autoignition
• basic ignition timing
• dynamic ignition timing
• ignition timing
• preignition
• reignition

Expressions

• entry ignition engine
• false ignition
• ignition coil
• ignition interlock
• ignition key
• ignition temperature
• ignition tube test

Related terms

• ignite

Translations

the act of igniting

Bulgarian: пламване (bg) (plamvane), възпламеняване n (vǎzplamenjavane) Catalan: ignició f Czech: vzplanutí n, vznícení n Finnish: sytyttäminen (fi), sytytys (fi) French: ignition (fr) f Georgian: აალება (ka) (aaleba), ანთება (anteba) German: Zündung (de) f Greek: ανάφλεξη (el) f (anáflexi) Irish: adhaint f Italian: ignizione (it) f, accensione (it) f Japanese: 点火 (ja) (てんか, tenka), 発火 (ja) (はっか, hakka) Latin: ignitio f Malay: penyalaan Mongolian: Cyrillic: асаалт (asaalt) Mongolian: ᠠᠰᠠᠭᠠᠯᠲᠠ (asaɣalta) Norwegian: Bokmål: tenning m or f Nynorsk: tenning f Polish: zapłonięcie n Portuguese: ignição (pt) f Russian: зажига́ние (ru) n (zažigánije) Spanish: ignición (es)

initiation of combustion

Bulgarian: запалване n (zapalvane) Czech: vzplanutí n Finnish: sytyttäminen (fi) (act), syttyminen (fi) (instance) Georgian: ანთება (anteba) German: Zündung (de) f Greek: ανάφλεξη (el) f (anáflexi) Hungarian: gyújtás (hu) Italian: ignizione (it) f, accensione (it) f Latin: ignitio f Norwegian: Bokmål: tenning m or f Nynorsk: tenning f Polish: zapłon (pl) m Portuguese: ignição (pt) f Spanish: encendido (es) m Tagalog: duop

system for activating combustion in an engine

Bulgarian: запалване n (zapalvane) Czech: zapalování n Finnish: sytytys (fi) French: allumage (fr) m German: Zündung (de) f Greek: ανάφλεξη (el) f (anáflexi) Hungarian: gyújtás (hu) Japanese: 点火装置 (てんかそうち, tenka sōchi) Norwegian: Bokmål: tenning m or f Nynorsk: tenning f Polish: zapłon (pl) m Portuguese: partida (pt) f, ignição (pt) f Russian: зажига́ние (ru) n (zažigánije) Scottish Gaelic: adhnaidh m Spanish: encendido (es) m

key receptacle for starting a vehicle

German: Zündung (de) f Italian: blocchetto (it) m Polish: stacyjka (pl) f Romanian: contact (ro) n

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German: (please verify) Zündung (de) f

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ignitiōnem (“combustion, ignition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ɲi.sjɔ̃/
• Hyphenation: ig‧ni‧tion

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

ignition f (plural ignitions)

1. ignition

Further reading

• “ignition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.