Flammable and imflammablem

[hopalong]

What's the difference between with Flammable and imflammablem

[Postdog]

None

[gen2]

fFammable and inflammable mean the same. The opposites of both words are nonflammable though you do sometimes see noninflammable.

[WaldoMcFroog]

The 'in' in 'inflammable' comes from a different root than does the one in, say, infrequent'. For 'infrequent' the 'in' prefix denotes 'not' and this is the general usage of the prefix in the English language. However, in 'inflammable' the way the 'in' prefix works is perhaps better understood by looking at the French version; 'enflamable' i.e. capable of being set in flames.

'Inflamable' comes from a Latin source 'inflammare' and the prefix 'in' effectively intensifies the root word 'flammare' from which we get 'flammable' (i.e. from 'to burn' to 'to burst into flame').

[oakleydoaky]

i believe that things that can catch fire are now said to be flammable or highly flammable...for labelling etc. (i am glad because it used to confuse me!).

since we are on about words....the spelling of extendible has always annoyed me. it should be extendABLE. because it is able to extend...