infern

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin īnfernus. First attested in the 12th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [iɱˈfe̞rn]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [iɱˈfɛrn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱˈfɛɾn]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

infern m (plural inferns)

1. hell

Related terms

• infernal

Further reading

• “infern”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “infern”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “infern” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “infern”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Maltese

Alternative forms

• nfern (chiefly informal, after a vowel)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian nfernu and/or Italian inferno, both from Latin infernus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɛrn/
• Rhymes: -ɛrn

Noun

infern m

1. hell

   Antonyms: ġenna, sema

Old Saxon

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infernus.

Noun

infern m

1. hell, inferno

   Synonyms: hel, hellia

Alternative forms

• fern

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian inferno, Latin infernus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈfern/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

infern n (plural infernuri)

1. hell (place where the souls of dead sinners are to be tortured eternally)

   Synonyms: iad, gheenă, tartar, hades, orc

2. (figurative) hell, inferno (agonizing situation)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	infern	infernul	infernuri	infernurile
genitive-dative	infern	infernului	infernuri	infernurilor
vocative	infernule		infernurilor