extinctor
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]extinctor (plural extinctors)
- 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.
- (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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French extincteur.
Noun
[edit]extinctor n (plural extinctoare)
Declension
[edit]Declension of extinctor
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) extinctor | extinctorul | (niște) extinctoare | extinctoarele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) extinctor | extinctorului | (unor) extinctoare | extinctoarelor |
| vocative | extinctorule | extinctoarelor | ||