ignition
/ɪɡˈnɪʃən/
ignition noun: the act of igniting.
Noun
ignition (countable and uncountable, plural ignitions)
- The act of igniting.
- Synonyms:
- inflammation
- The initiation of combustion.
- A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.
- Receptacle for a key used to start the engine in a vehicle.
- Put the key in the ignition and turn in right.
- The phenomenon of a thermonuclear fusion reaction becoming self-sustaining and no longer requiring external heating.
ignition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
ignition in Hindi
- ignition, kindling, flaming
- प्रज्वलन prajvalan
ignition in Tamil
- எரிபற்றல், தீ மூட்டம், மூட்டல், எரிப்பற்றுதல், தீப்பற்றுதல்
ignition in Urdu
- آتش زنی, اشتعال, جلن, سوزش
ignition in Kannada
- ಬೆಂಕಿ ಹಚ್ಚುವಿಕೆ, ಜ್ವಲನ, ಬಿಸಿಮಾಡುವಿಕೆ, ತಾಪನ, ಬೆಂಕಿಡುಗೆ, ಹೊತ್ತಿಕೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- ignition in Tagalog
- duop
- ignition in Malay
- penyalaan
Examples of ignition in a sentence
- Just put in the key for the ignition and turn it.
- Spark arrestors play a critical role in the prevention of wildland fire and ignition of explosive atmospheres.
- Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition.
Synonyms of ignition
Forms of ignition
| plural | ignitions |
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Origin of ignition
Learned borrowing from Latin ignītiō. By surface analysis, ignite + -ion.
Words formed from ignition
Phrases with ignition
Words that rhyme with ignition
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
- adposition
Questions about ignition
- What does ignition mean?
- Ignition means the act of igniting.
- What is ignition in Hindi?
- Ignition in Hindi is प्रज्वलन (prajvalan). See Ignition meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ignition?
- Ignition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ignition?
- Ignition is pronounced /ɪɡˈnɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of ignition?
- The plural of ignition is ignitions.
Words near ignition in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ignition (page history and authors); प्रज्वलन (Hindi) (page history and authors); ignition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ignition (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ignition (Kannada 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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