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.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed 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
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