arson

See also: ar son

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman and Old French arson, from the verb ardoir, from Latin ardeō (“to burn”). Compare ardent.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹsən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːsən/

Noun

arson (usually uncountable, plural arsons)

1. The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
   • 2006, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Killer Smile, Part two, p.34

     Arson, like we thought. three punks doused a car, lit it, and took off.

Derived terms

• antiarson
• arson dog
• arsonism
• arsonist
• arsonite
• arsonphobia
• arsonry

 

Translations

crime of setting a fire

• Bulgarian: палеж m (palež)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放火 (zh) (fànghuǒ), 縱火 (zh), 纵火 (zh) (zònghuǒ)

• Czech: žhářství n
• Dutch: brandstichting (nl) f
• Esperanto: brulkrimo
• Estonian: süütamine
• Faroese: eldáseting f
• Finnish: tuhopoltto (fi)
• French: incendie criminel m, incendie (fr) m
• Georgian: ცეცხლის წაკიდება (cecxlis c̣aḳideba)
• German: Brandstiftung (de) f
• Greek: εμπρησμός (el) m (emprismós)
• Hebrew: הַצָּתָה‎ (he) f (hatzatá)
• Hindi: आगज़नी f (āgzanī)

• Hungarian: gyújtogatás (hu)
• Interlingue: incendiation
• Italian: incendio doloso
• Japanese: 放火 (ほうか, hōka)
• Korean: 방화 (ko) (banghwa) (放火 (ko))
• Polish: podpalenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: incêndio criminoso m
• Romanian: incendiere (ro) f
• Russian: поджо́г (ru) m (podžóg)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па́леж m

  Roman: pálež (sh) m

• Slovak: podpaľačstvo n
• Spanish: incendio provocado m, incendio premeditado m
• Swedish: mordbrand (sv) c
• Walloon: målfeu (wa) m (metou)

See also

• incendiary
• incendiarism

Verb

arson (third-person singular simple present arsons, present participle arsoning, simple past and past participle arsoned)

1. (transitive) to illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner

Anagrams

• Rasŏn, SONAR, orans, roans, saron, sonar, sorna

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French arçon.

Noun

arson m (plural arsons)

1. saddle

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Old French

Etymology

From the verb ardre, ardoir, from Latin ardeō.

Noun

arson m (oblique plural arsons, nominative singular arsons, nominative plural arson)

1. burning; fire
2. arson
3. sunburn
4. burn (on the skin, etc.)