Gyulladó

Gyulladó is a Hungarian adjective with two primary senses. In safety and everyday language, it describes something that can ignite easily, i.e., a flammable material. In hazard labeling and technical contexts, phrases such as gyulladó anyag are used to indicate fire risk. In this usage, the word is roughly equivalent to the English inflammable.

In medical and biological contexts, gyulladó can be related to inflammation, but the common and precise term for inflammation is gyulladás, and the standard adjective is gyulladásos. While gyulladó may appear in some texts to convey a sense of “causing inflammation” or “inflammatory,” it is less typical and can be imprecise. For precise medical language, gyulladásos is preferred to describe tissues, diseases, or processes that are inflammatory.

Etymology and formation: gyulladó is derived from the verb gyullad, meaning to ignite or catch fire, with the suffix -ó that forms a present-participle-like adjective. This historical link to ignition explains the primary sense of the word as “flammable,” while broader, figurative uses have developed in various contexts.

Usage notes: In contemporary Hungarian, gyulladásos is the standard descriptor for inflammatory conditions, whereas gyulladó is most reliable when referring to materials or substances capable of ignition. When clarity is required in medical writing, authors typically choose gyulladásos or gyulladást okozó.