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inferno

American  
[in-fur-noh, een-fer-naw] / ɪnˈfɜr noʊ, inˈfɛr nɔ /

noun

plural

infernos

  1. hell; the infernal regions.

  2. a place or region that resembles hell.

    The ironworks was an inferno of molten steel and half-naked bodies.
    Synonyms:
    oven, hellhole, furnace

  3. (initial capital letter, italics) the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting hell and the suffering of the damned.

inferno British  
/ ɪnˈfɜːnəʊ /

noun

  1. (sometimes capital) hell; the infernal region

  2. any place or state resembling hell, esp a conflagration

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Inferno Cultural  

  1. The first section of The Divine Comedy, by Dante. Inferno is the Italian word for “hell.”

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By extension, an “inferno” is a hot and terrible place or condition.

Etymology

Origin of inferno

1825–35; < Italian < Late Latin infernus hell, noun use of Latin infernus; infernal

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