burnt

English

Charred popcorn burnt by leaving the microwave oven on too long

Alternative forms

• burned

Etymology

From burn +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /bɜːnt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /bɝnt/

• Audio (GA)

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nt

Verb

burnt

1. (chiefly Commonwealth, UK) simple past and past participle of burn

Adjective

burnt (comparative more burnt, superlative most burnt)

1. Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
   • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:

     The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.

2. (of food) Carbonised.

   The toast was too burnt to eat.

3. (of a person) Having a sunburn.
4. (of a colour) Being darker than standard, especially browner.

Usage notes

The word burnt as the simple past and past participle of burn is largely a UK usage, but its use as an adjective is more widespread.

Derived terms

• a burnt child dreads the fire
• better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick
• burnt cream
• burnt ear
• burnt ends
• burntness
• Burnt Oak
• burnt offering
• burnt orange
• burnt out
• burnt sienna
• burnt toast theory
• burnt umber
• Burnt Yates
• over-burnt
• sunburnt
• the burnt child dreads the fire
• the burnt child fears the fire

 

Translations

damaged or injured by fire or heat

• Arabic: مَحْرُوق (maḥrūq), مُحْتَرِق (muḥtariq)
• Bashkir: янған (yanğan)
• Estonian: põlenud
• Greek:

  Ancient: καυστός (kaustós)

• Hebrew: שָׂרוּף (sarúf)
• Maori: mahunu
• Sanskrit: उष्ट (sa) (uṣṭa)
• Telugu: దగ్ధము (te) (dagdhamu)

carbonized

• Bashkir: көйгән (köygən), янған (yanğan)
• Catalan: cremat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 燶／㶶 (nung¹)

• Danish: brændt (da)
• Dutch: verbrand (nl)
• Finnish: palanut (fi)
• French: brûlé (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: καυστός (kaustós)

• Italian: bruciato (it), arso (it)
• Latin: ustus
• Portuguese: queimado (pt)
• Romanian: ars (ro)
• Russian: горе́лый (ru) (gorélyj), жжёный (ru) (žžónyj), сгоре́вший (ru) (sgorévšij), вы́жженный (ru) (výžžennyj) (scorched)
• Spanish: quemado (es)
• Swedish: bränd (sv)
• Telugu: మాడు (te) (māḍu)

sun-burned

• Bashkir: янған (yanğan)
• Finnish: palanut (fi)
• Portuguese: queimado (pt)
• Romanian: ars (ro)
• Russian: загоре́лый (ru) (zagorélyj)
• Swedish: solbränd (sv) c

browner than standard

• Finnish: poltettu (fi)
• Russian: подгоре́вший (ru) (podgorévšij)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Aromanian: ^{(please verify)} arsu
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} verbrandde (nl), ^{(please verify)} verbrand (nl)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} membakar (id), ^{(please verify)} membakar (id), ^{(please verify)} dibakar (id), ^{(please verify)} terbakar (id)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} arso (it)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 燃やした (もやした, moyashita) (燃やした (もやした, moyashita)), ^{(please verify)} 燃やされた (もやされた, moyasareta), ^{(please verify)} 燃える (もえる, moeru) (燃える (もえる, moeru)), ^{(please verify)} 燃えた (もえた, moeta) (燃えた (もえた, moeta))
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} ārsus, ^{(please verify)} aestuātus
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} quemado (es)

Anagrams

• Brunt, brunt