Grammatical class

Verb

incendier

(transitive) to burn down

Details

Syllables

in-cen-dier

Phonetics

ɛ̃.sɑ̃.dje

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

18530

Freq. (movies)

18742

Freq. (news)

25085

Sentences

Ce que tu dis est vrai, mais crois-moi, tu vas te faire incendier pour ça.

What you're saying is right but, believe me, you're going to catch a lot of heat for it.

A1

Même une étincelle suffit à incendier une forêt.

Even a spark is enough to burn down a forest.

B1

Le patron va l'incendier pour son comportement déplacé.

The boss will chew him out for his inappropriate behavior.

B1

Des pyromanes ont incendié le bâtiment la nuit dernière.

Pyromaniacs burned down the building last night.

B2