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The post-totalitarian malady has taken its most acute form in Romania. And it has taken place for very specific reasons. The repression here has been more cruel, more brutal, than in other states caught in the inferno of a 'socialist paradise.'
Octavian Paler

Meaning of "the inferno" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE INFERNO

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE INFERNO

the hump
the hundreds
the hut
the hyperreal
the Ice
the Ice Blacks
the ignition
the Indies
the Industrial Revolution
the inevitable
the intelligentsia
the interim
the Interior
the Internationale
the internet
the Irish
the Islands
the Ivory Coast
the Ivy League
the jack

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE INFERNO

Adorno
Arno
Averno
Borno
Brno
contorno
Corno
inferno
journo
Livorno
Locarno
Monte Corno
notturno
porno
Salerno
Soekarno
Sterno
Sukarno
Treaties of Locarno
Volturno

Synonyms and antonyms of the inferno in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the inferno» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE INFERNO

Find out the translation of the inferno to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the inferno from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the inferno» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

魔族
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el infierno
570 millions of speakers

English

the inferno
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नरक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جحيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ад
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

o inferno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´enfer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Neraka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

das Inferno
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

インフェルノ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지옥
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing inferno
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

địa ngục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நரகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नरक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cehennem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

l´ inferno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

inferno
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ад
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

infernul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η κόλαση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die inferno
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

infernot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inferno
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the inferno

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE INFERNO»

The term «the inferno» is regularly used and occupies the 77.488 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE INFERNO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the inferno» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the inferno» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the inferno

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2 QUOTES WITH «THE INFERNO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the inferno.
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Arnold Bennett
Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell, and the secret function of purgatory is to make of heaven an effective reality.
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Octavian Paler
The post-totalitarian malady has taken its most acute form in Romania. And it has taken place for very specific reasons. The repression here has been more cruel, more brutal, than in other states caught in the inferno of a 'socialist paradise.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE INFERNO»

Discover the use of the inferno in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the inferno and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Inferno: A Story of Terror and Survival in Chile
Arce’s testimonial offers the harrowing story of the abuse she suffered and witnessed as a survivor of detention camps, such as the infamous Villa Grimaldi.
Luz Arce, 2004
2
Inferno: (a Poet's Novel)
The first part of the story, mesmerizing readers with its ripple of memoir, tells the saga (or hell) of a poet girl.
Eileen Myles, 2010
3
Into the Inferno
Six months after he and other Seattle firefighters responded to a freeway accident involving the collision of two trucks and the spill of an unknown substance, Jim Swope discovers that the firefighters who had been at the scene are ...
Earl Emerson, 2004
4
The Inferno of Dante Alighieri: A New Translation
This is a truly original retelling of Dante's epic journey that will surprise and renew the 21st-century reader's faith in the art of translation.
Dante Alighieri, 2004
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Beauty and the Inferno: Essays
Presentthroughout the book is a sense of Saviano’speculiar isolation, which infuses his words withanger, exceptional insight and tragedy.
Roberto Saviano, 2012
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Indefensible: One Lawyer's Journey Into the Inferno of ...
With verve and insider know-how, a young lawyer reveals his outrageous and heartbreaking long day's journey into night court.
David Feige, 2006
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Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy: The Inferno
A lively, in-depth discussion of THE DIVINE COMEDY: THE INFERNO.
Carol Forman, Michael Spring, 1984
8
A Reading of Dante's Inferno
This work is a guide to the reading of Dante's great poem, intended for the use of students and laymen, particularly those who are approaching the Inferno for the first time.
Wallace Fowlie, 1981
9
Danteworlds: A Reader's Guide to the Inferno
But until now, students of the Inferno have lacked a suitable resource to guide their reading. Welcome to Danteworlds, the first substantial guide to the Inferno in English.
Guy P. Raffa, 2008
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The Music of the Inferno
Returning to his hometown of Utica, New York, at age sixty, Robert Tagliaferro begins a quest to find his identity
Frank Lentricchia, 1999

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE INFERNO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the inferno is used in the context of the following news items.
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"Unprecedented" $170000 Reward Announced in Downtown LA …
The inferno caused about $25 million to $30 million in damage to the complex and two adjacent office towers. Published at 8:28 AM PDT on Jan 21, 2015 ... «NBC Southern California, Jan 15»

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