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flamme

flame

noun flahm Less Common

Origin: Latin flamma

Also means

passion, love

Usage Note

Flamme is both the literal flame of a candle or fire and a literary term for passionate love — une vieille flamme (an old flame) is used in French just as in English. En flammes means 'in flames/on fire.' The plural flammes often implies a larger blaze.

Examples

"La flamme de la bougie tremblait dans le vent."

Natural Translation

The candle flame trembled in the wind.

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