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Record 1 2011-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

Full of things, events relating to hell.

CONT

Iraqi tanks and armored vehicles launched offensives at four Kuwait border points late Tuesday and "hellacious" fighting with Marines kept up through yesterday.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts
OBS

Le néologisme «hellacious» a été formé à partir du substantif hell dont la définition trouvée dans le dictionnaire The Concise Oxford Dictionary, p. 548 est la suivante : A place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils; a place or state of misery or wickedness.

OBS

L'adjectif hellacious a été formé par le procédé de dérivation, avec l'addition du suffixe acious, qui est utilisé pour la formation d'adjectifs qui signifient avoir tendance à ou rempli de.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy and Religion
  • Archaeology
DEF

A place below the surface of the earth, where the souls of the deceased live on, in many religions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie et religion
  • Archéologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Filosofía y religión
  • Arqueología
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Record 3 2000-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

In astrophysics, a unit for describing the temperature inside a star. One inferno is 1 billion K, or approximately 1 billion degrees Celsius.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie

Spanish

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