allumer
Meanings
Verb
1. to light, to set alight (a candle, a fire, a cigar) (transitive)
2. to turn on (the light, a lightbulb, the television, the heating) (transitive)
3. to start, to turn on (electronic devices with screens) (transitive)
4. to arouse, to turn on (colloquial, transitive)
5. to flare up (reflexive, of candles, fires, transitive)
6. to go on (reflexive, of light, a lightbulb, the television, or the heating, transitive)
7. to start up, to begin to operate (reflexive, of electronic devices with screens, transitive)
Examples218
allumer un ordinateur, un smartphone
to start a computer, a smartphone
L'ordinateur, le smartphone s'allume par ce bouton.
The computer, the smartphone starts up through this button.
La bougie, un feu s'alluma.
The candle, a fire flared up.
allumer la lumière, une ampoule, la télévision, le chauffage
to turn on the light, a lightbulb, the television, the heating
La lumière, l'ampoule, la télévision, le chauffage s'alluma.
The light, the lightbulb, the television, the heating went on.
allumer une bougie, un feu, un cigare
to light a candle, a fire, a cigar