arson
/ˈɑːsən//ˈɑɹsən/
arson noun: the crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
Noun (1)
arson (usually uncountable, plural arsons)
Verb
arson (third-person singular simple present arsons, present participle arsoning, simple past and past participle arsoned)
- To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner.
Noun (2)
arson (plural arsons)
- A saddlebow.
- The kyng of Englande mounted on a freſhe courſer, the trapper of clothe of golde, of Tiſſue, the Arſon mantell wiſe[…]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
- Arcione, the arſon or ſaddle bowe.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
arson meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
arson in Hindi
- crime of setting a fire
- आगज़नी āgzanī, अग्निकांड agnikāṇḍ
arson in Tamil
- தீவைப்பு, தீக்கோள், எரியூட்டல், தீயால் அழிவு செய்யும் கொடுங்குற்றம்
arson in Marathi
- crime of setting a fire
- जाळपोळ jāḷpoḷ
arson in Urdu
- crime of setting a fire
- آتِش زَدَگی ātiś zadagī, آتِش زَنی ātiś zanī
More languagesFewer languages
- arson in Bengali
- অগ্নিকাণ্ড ognikanḍo
- arson in Malayalam
- തീവയ്പ്, ദീപനം, ആദീപനം, കൊള്ളിവയ്ക്കൽ
- arson in Kannada
- ಬೆಂಕಿಯಿಡುವುದು, ಬೆಂಕಿ ಹಾಕುವುದು, ಸುಡುವುದು, ಕಿಚ್ಚಿಡುವುದು
- arson in Punjabi
- ਅਗਨੀਕਾੰਡ aganīkāṇḍ
- arson in Nepali
- आगजनी गर्ने
- arson in Arabic
- حَرِيق مُتَعَمَّد ḥarīq mutaʕammad
- arson in Indonesian
- pembakaran disengaja
- arson in Vietnamese
- phóng hỏa, đốt phá
Examples of arson in a sentence
- Matthews is charged with three counts of simple arson on a religious building.2019 April 12, Paul P. Murphy and Samira Said, “Louisiana arson suspect expressed disgust with Baptist churches on Facebook”, in CNN...
- […]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[…]1634, Matheo Aleman, “Wherein Guzman de Alfarache relateth the Story of thoſe two Louers, Ozmin and Daraxa”, in Don Diego Puede-Ser...
Forms of arson
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | arsons |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | arsons |
| present participle | arsoning |
| past participle | arsoned |
| past | arsoned |
Origin of arson
From Anglo-Norman and Old French arson, from the verb ardoir, from Latin ardeō (“to burn”). Compare ardent.
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.
Words formed from arson
Phrases with arson
Words that rhyme with arson
Questions about arson
- What does arson mean?
- Arson means the crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
- What is arson in Hindi?
- Arson in Hindi is आगज़नी (āgzanī), अग्निकांड (agnikāṇḍ). See Arson meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use arson in a sentence?
- Matthews is charged with three counts of simple arson on a religious building.
- What part of speech is arson?
- Arson can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce arson?
- Arson is pronounced /ˈɑɹsən/ (US).
- What is the plural of arson?
- The plural of arson is arsons.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: arson (page history and authors); arson (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arson (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); arson (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arson (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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