extinctor

English

Etymology

extinct +‎ -or

Noun

extinctor (plural extinctors)

1. A cause of extinction.
   • 2002, Christian Koeberl, Kenneth G. MacLeod, Catastrophic Events and Mass Extinctions: Impacts and Beyond

     […] can be extrapolated robustly to the energy scales of civilization-ending impacts and perhaps even to mass extinctors.

2. (dated) An extinguisher.
   • 1899, Frederic Morell Holmes, Firemen and their exploits, page 136:

     These chemical extinctors are of all sizes; they range from small bottles upward, to large double-tank machines, and drawn by horses.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French extincteur.

Noun

extinctor n (plural extinctori)

1. fire extinguisher

Declension

Declension of extinctor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) extinctor	extinctorul	(niște) extinctori	extinctorile
genitive/dative	(unui) extinctor	extinctorului	(unor) extinctori	extinctorilor
vocative	extinctorule		extinctorilor