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firelighter en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English lighter English firelighter From fire + lighter.

Meanings

  1. A small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires.

Forms

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firelighters Number=Plur lexicographic

Hyponyms

fireball

Translations (14)

sv tändbrikett (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires) · fi sytytyspala (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires) · nb tennbrikett (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires) · bg подпа́лка (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires) · ru расто́пка (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires) · nn tennbrikett (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires) · pl podpałka (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires) · nl aanmaakblokje (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires) · da optændingsblok (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires) · fr allume-feu (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires) · el προσάναμμα (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires) · ga adhantaí (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires) · hu alágyújtós (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires) · is uppkveikikubbur (small block of a flammable substance used to light fires)