inferno

1 any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; [syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits]

2 a very intense and uncontrolled fire [syn: conflagration]

3 (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit" [syn: Hell, perdition, infernal region, nether region, the pit] [ant: Heaven]

see Inferno

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes with: -ɜː(r)nəʊ

Noun

1. A large fire

Translations

• Finnish: tulipalo, liekkimeri
• German: Inferno

Italian

Etymology

Latin infernum or infernus, meaning "hell", "underworld" (lit. beneath).

Pronunciation

infèrno, /inˈfɛrno/

Noun

inferno m

1. hell

Related terms

• infernale

Portuguese

Noun

1. hell (where sinners go)

Swedish

Noun

inferno

1. An extremely dangerous, chaotic and generally overwhelming situation.

Inferno generally refers to a large fire or hell (from Latin "infernus", "underworld").

Inferno or Infernus may also refer to:

In computers

• Inferno (operating system)
• Inferno (Autodesk), an online visual effects system

In literature

• Inferno, the first cantica of Dante's The Divine Comedy
• Inferno (Strindberg), an 1897 novel by August Strindberg
• Inferno (novel), a 1976 science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
• Inferno (Star Wars novel), 2007 novel by Troy Denning
• The fifth novel in the Bionicle Legends series
• A dystopian planet in Ivan Yefremov's 1968 science fiction novel, The Ox Hour.

In comics

• Inferno (DC Comics), a character from the series Legion of Super-Heroes
• Inferno (Exemplar), a character in the Marvel Comics superteam Exemplars
• Inferno (Marvel Comics), a crossover involving the X-Men
• Inferno (demon), an enemy of Marvel Comics character Ghost Rider
• Inferno (Joseph Conroy), a minor Marvel Comics supervillain
• "Inferno", a Judge Dredd story by Grant Morrison

In television

• Inferno (Doctor Who), a serial from the British science fiction series
• "Inferno" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode in the Canadian/US-produced science fiction series
• Inferno (Transformers), the name of four fictional characters from the various Transformers universes
• "Inferno" (Captain Scarlet episode)
• Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno, reality game show on MTV
  • Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II
  • Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno III
• Inferno, a female Gladiator in Gladiators

In film

• Inferno (1953 film), film noir directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Robert Ryan and Rhonda Fleming
• The Towering Inferno (movie) (1974), disaster movie starring Steve McQueen and Paul Newman
• Inferno (1980 film), Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento
• Inferno (1997 film), starring Don "The Dragon" Wilson
• Inferno (1998 film), Directed by Ian Barry

In gaming

• Inferno (Soul Calibur), a boss character in the Soul Calibur series
• "Inferno", the third episode of the video game Doom
• "Infernus", a sports car available in the Grand Theft Auto series of games.
• "Inferno", is a map in Counter-Strike.

In music

• Infernö, a Norwegian thrash metal-band
• Infernal (band), a Danish dance music band
• Zbigniew Robert Promiński (stage name "Inferno"), drummer with Polish death metal band Behemoth
• Inferno, guitarist with Dutch black metal band Cirith Gorgor
• Infernus (musician) (Roger Tiegs), guitarist and founding member of Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth
• Zbigniew Robert Promiński (stage name "inferno"), drummer for the Polish blackened death metal Behemoth
• Inferno (album), a 2004 album by Motörhead
• Inferno (Lacrimosa album), a 1995 album by Swiss band Lacrimosa
• "Inferno" (Unleash the Fire), a song by Symphony X on their 2004 album The Odyssey
• "Inferno", a song by Kreator on their 1999 album Voices Of Transgression - A 90's Retrospective
• Inferno Metal Festival, annual music festival in Oslo, Norway
• Inferno (Alien Sex Fiend), a 1994 album by Alien Sex Fiend

See also

• Infernal

Abaddon, Gehenna, Hades, Naraka, Pandemonium, Sheol, Tophet, Torrid Zone, abyss, avichi, blazes, conflagration, equator, furnace, hades, hell, holocaust, infernal regions, jahannan, limbo, lower world, nether world, netherworld, oven, perdition, pit, place of torment, purgatory, shades below, steam bath, subtropics, the abyss, the bottomless pit, the grave, the pit, tropics, underworld