extincteur
French, noun/ɛk.stɛ̃k.tœʁ/
extincteur is spelled E-X-T-I-N-C-T-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extincteur is a French masculine noun meaning “fire extinguisher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appareil dont on se sert pour éteindre les incendies”.
What does extincteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefire extinguisher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui sert à éteindre.
noun: 1. Appareil dont on se sert pour éteindre les incendies. 2. Entité moléculaire ou espèce chimique introduite dans une substance luminescente afin de supprimer l’émission lumineuse ou d’en réduire la durée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of extincteur
- extincteurs plural
- extinctrice singular feminine
- extinctrices plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extincteur?
- /ɛk.stɛ̃k.tœʁ/
- \ɛks.tɛ̃k.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to extincteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extincteur in French?
extincteur appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).