inferno

[in-fur-noh; for 3 also Italian een-fer-naw] /ɪnˈfɜr noʊ; for 3 also Italian inˈfɛr nɔ/
noun, plural infernos.
1.
hell; the infernal regions.
2.
a place or region that resembles hell:
The ironworks was an inferno of molten steel and half-naked bodies.
3.
(initial capital letter, italics) the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting hell and the suffering of the damned.
Compare paradise (def 7), purgatory (def 2).
Origin
1825-35; < Italian < Late Latin infernus hell, noun use of Latin infernus; see infernal
Synonyms
2. furnace, hellhole, oven.
British Dictionary definitions for inferno

inferno

/ɪnˈfɜːnəʊ/
noun (pl) -nos
1.
(sometimes capital) the inferno, hell; the infernal region
2.
any place or state resembling hell, esp a conflagration
Word Origin
C19: from Italian, from Late Latin infernus hell
Word Origin and History for inferno
n.

1834, from Italian inferno, from Latin infernus (see infernal).

inferno in Culture

Inferno definition


The first section of The Divine Comedy, by Dante. Inferno is the Italian word for “hell.”

Note: By extension, an “inferno” is a hot and terrible place or condition.