flame
A flame is the hot, bright, and colorful part of a fire that you can see. It usually moves in the air and can be colors like orange, yellow, or blue.
Beispiele
3 von 5The candle flame is very small and yellow.
The little fire on the candle is small and yellow.
The Olympic flame travels to many different countries.
The special fire for the Olympics goes to many places.
Look at the flame on that match!
Look at the light on the wooden match.
Wortfamilie
Merkhilfe
Think of a 'Flamingo'. Flamingos are bright and reddish-pink, just like a hot flame.
Schnelles Quiz
He blew out the ______ on the birthday candle.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: flame
Beispiele
The candle flame is very small and yellow.
everydayThe little fire on the candle is small and yellow.
The Olympic flame travels to many different countries.
formalThe special fire for the Olympics goes to many places.
Look at the flame on that match!
informalLook at the light on the wooden match.
The temperature of a blue flame is higher than a red one.
academicA blue fire is hotter than a red fire.
The company uses a red flame in its marketing to show energy.
businessThe business uses a fire picture to show they have power.
Wortfamilie
Häufige Kollokationen
Häufige Phrasen
An old flame
A person you loved in the past
Fan the flames
To make a bad situation even worse
Go up in flames
To be destroyed by fire or to fail completely
Wird oft verwechselt mit
Fire is the whole event; flame is specifically the visible, glowing part of that fire.
Frame is the border around a picture, while flame is part of a fire.
Nutzungshinweise
Use 'flame' when you want to talk about the visual part of a fire. It is often used for small fires like candles, matches, or lighters.
Häufige Fehler
Learners sometimes use 'flame' as a synonym for the entire forest fire, but 'fire' is better for large events. Also, remember that 'flame' is a countable noun.
Merkhilfe
Think of a 'Flamingo'. Flamingos are bright and reddish-pink, just like a hot flame.
Wortherkunft
From the Old French word 'flambe' and the Latin word 'flamma', meaning a blazing fire.
Grammatikmuster
Kultureller Kontext
The 'Eternal Flame' is a symbol used in many cultures to remember important people or soldiers who died.
Schnelles Quiz
He blew out the ______ on the birthday candle.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: flame
Verwandte Redewendungen
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lightDescribes a space that has a lot of natural brightness or ma...
candleA stick made of wax with a string called a wick inside that...
burnDescribes something that has been damaged, blackened, or con...
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