fire in Malay
api
[ˈfaː(ə)]/ˈfaɪ.ə/
fire in Malay: api, pawaka, bahan api, kebakaran. In English, fire means a (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
Malay words for fire
- oxidation reaction
- api, pawaka
- instance of this chemical reaction
- bahan api
- damaging occurrence of fire
- kebakaran
English meaning of fire
- noun A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
- noun An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
- noun The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- noun The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
fire in a sentence
- We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales.
- There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.
- During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts.
Synonyms of fire
fire in other languages
- fire in Hindi
- fire in Tamil
- fire in Marathi
- fire in Urdu
- fire in Bengali
- fire in Telugu
- fire in Malayalam
- fire in Kannada
- fire in Punjabi
- fire in Gujarati
- fire in Odia
- fire in Sanskrit
- fire in Sinhala
- fire in Assamese
- fire in Nepali
- fire in Pashto
- fire in Tagalog
- fire in Arabic
- fire in Indonesian
- fire in Persian
- fire in Thai
- fire in Vietnamese
- fire in Myanmar
Questions about fire in Malay
- What is the meaning of fire in Malay?
- Fire in Malay is api, pawaka, bahan api, kebakaran.
- Apakah maksud fire dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Fire: api, pawaka, bahan api, kebakaran.
- What does fire mean in English?
- Fire means a (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fire (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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