Greek fire

English Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Greek fire.wav Southern England Noun - en historical A highly flammable substance of unknown composition first used by the Greeks of Constantinople in the 7th century ce to set fire to enemy ships, buildings, etc. en Byzantine fire Grecian fire en 1819 Sir Walter Scott Ivanhoe “There is yet spirit in him,” said Malvoisin apart to Mont–Fitchet, “were it well directed — but, like the Greek fire, it burns whatever approaches it.” Translations flammable substance Arabic: ar النَّارُ الإِغْرِيقِيَّة f Armenian: hy հունական կրակ Basque: eu su greko Belarusian: be грэчаскі агонь m Bulgarian: bg гръ́цки о́гън m Catalan: ca foc grec m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 希臘火 Czech: cs řecký oheň m Danish: da græsk ild c Dutch: nl Grieks vuur Esperanto: eo greka fajro Estonian: et kreeka tuli Finnish: fi kreikkalainen tuli French: fr feu grégeois m Georgian: ka ბერძნული ცეცხლი German: de griechisches Feuer n Greek: el υγρό πυρ n Hebrew: he אש יוונית m esh y'vanít Hungarian: hu görögtűz Irish: ga tine Ghréagach f Italian: it fuoco greco m Japanese: ja ギリシア火薬 girishia-hokusuri Korean: ko 그리스 화약, ko 그리스의 불 Latin: la Ignis Graecus m Latvian: lv grieķu uguns f Lithuanian: lt graikiška ugnis f Marathi: mr ग्रीक अग्नी f, mr ग्रीक आग f Norwegian: no gresk ild m Persian: fa آتش یونانی âtaš yunâni Polish: pl ogień grecki m Portuguese: pt fogo grego m Romanian: ro focul grecesc n Russian: ru гре́ческий ого́нь m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh грчка ватра m Latin: sh grčka vatra m Slovak: sk grécky oheň m Slovene: sl grški ogenj m Spanish: es fuego griego m Swedish: sv grekisk eld c Turkish: tr Rum ateşi Ukrainian: uk грецький вогонь m en Byzantine Empire Weapons Fire Greece