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Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
extintor (feminine extintora, masculine plural extintors, feminine plural extintores)
- extinguishing
Noun
extintor m (plural extintors)
- fire extinguisher
Further reading
- “extintor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , April 2007
- “extintor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “extintor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “extintor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin exstīnctor.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oʁ, -oɾ
- Hyphenation: ex‧tin‧tor
Adjective
extintor (feminine extintora, masculine plural extintores, feminine plural extintoras)
- extinguishing
Noun
extintor m (plural extintores)
- fire extinguisher
- Synonym: extintor de incêndio
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡstinˈtoɾ/
- IPA(key): (informal) /estinˈtoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: ex‧tin‧tor
Adjective
extintor (feminine extintora, masculine plural extintores, feminine plural extintoras)
- extinguishing; used to put out fire
Noun
extintor m (plural extintores)
- fire extinguisher
- Synonyms: matafuego, extintor de fuego
Further reading