ignescent
Syllables: ig·nes·cent/ɪɡˈnɛsənt/
ignescent adjective: emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating.
Adjective
ignescent (not comparable)
- Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating.
- ignescent stones
Noun
ignescent (plural ignescents)
- A stone that emits sparks of fire when struck with steel.
ignescent meaning in Tamil and Bengali
ignescent in Tamil
- தீயுமிழ்கிற
ignescent in Bengali
- স্ফুলিঙ্গময়
Forms of ignescent
| plural | ignescents |
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Origin of ignescent
Latin ignescens, present participle of ignescere (“to become inflamed”), from ignis (“fire”): compare French ignescent. By surface analysis, Latin ign- + -escent.
Words that rhyme with ignescent
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
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- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- tumescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
Questions about ignescent
- What does ignescent mean?
- Ignescent means emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating.
- What is ignescent in Tamil?
- Ignescent in Tamil is தீயுமிழ்கிற. See Ignescent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ignescent?
- Ignescent can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce ignescent?
- Ignescent is pronounced /ɪɡˈnɛsənt/.
Words near ignescent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ignescent (page history and authors); ignescent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ignescent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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