vaahtosammutin
Finnish
editEtymology
editvaahto (“foam”) + sammutin (“extinguisher”)
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑːhtoˌsɑmːutin/, [ˈʋɑ̝ːxt̪o̞ˌs̠ɑ̝mːut̪in]
- Rhymes: -ɑmːutin
- Hyphenation(key): vaahto‧sammu‧tin
Noun
editvaahtosammutin
- foam extinguisher (fire extinguisher with foam as the effective substance)
- (inexactly) fire extinguisher
Declension
editSynonyms
edit- (foam extinguisher): vaahtosammuttaja (colloquial)
- (fire extinguisher): sammutin, käsisammutin
See also
editFurther 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 2023-07-04