vaahtosammutin
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]vaahto (“foam”) + sammutin (“extinguisher”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑːhtoˌsɑmːutin/, [ˈʋɑ̝ːxt̪o̞ˌs̠ɑ̝mːut̪in]
- Rhymes: -ɑmːutin
- Syllabification(key): vaah‧to‧sam‧mu‧tin
- Hyphenation(key): vaahto‧sammu‧tin
Noun
[edit]vaahtosammutin
- foam extinguisher, foam fire extinguisher (fire extinguisher with foam as the effective substance)
- Synonym: (colloquial) vaahtosammuttaja
- (inexactly) fire extinguisher
- Synonyms: sammutin, käsisammutin
Declension
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vaahtosammutin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023