"candle snuffer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-candle snuffer.wav Forms: candle snuffers [plural], candlesnuffer [alternative], snuffer [alternative]
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  1. A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle. Translations (device made to extinguish a candle): ܡܙܡܟܐ [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), ܡܣܦܪܐ [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), esmocadores [feminine, plural] (Catalan), kratiknot (Czech), štipec (Czech), kaarsendover [masculine] (Dutch), snuiter [masculine] (Dutch), domper [masculine] (Dutch), dochtschere (Dutch), estingilo (Esperanto), kynttilänsammutin (Finnish), éteignoir [masculine] (French), mouchette [feminine] (French), Kerzenlöscher [masculine] (German), κηροσβέστης (kirosvéstis) [masculine] (Greek), extingilo (Ido), smóladán [masculine] (Irish), spegnitoio [masculine] (Italian), smoccolatoio [masculine] (Italian), ろうそく消し (Japanese), 촛불끄개 (chotbulkkeugae) (Korean), emunctorium [neuter] (Latin), Wickeschéier (Luxembourgish), موم مقصی (mum makası) (Ottoman Turkish), gaśnik [masculine] (Polish), gasidło [neuter] (Polish), abafador [masculine] (Portuguese), mucarniță [feminine] (Romanian), свечные щипцы (svečnyje ščipcy) (Russian), шна̀јцер [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šnàjcer [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), apagavelas [masculine] (Spanish), matacandelas [masculine] (Spanish), despabiladeras [feminine, plural] (Spanish), ljussläckare [common-gender] (Swedish), ljussax (Swedish), panutog (Tagalog), mum makası (Turkish), glaniadur [masculine] (Welsh)

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      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mum makası",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "word": "موم مقصی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gaśnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gasidło"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abafador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mucarniță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svečnyje ščipcy",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "word": "свечные щипцы"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шна̀јцер"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šnàjcer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apagavelas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matacandelas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "despabiladeras"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ljussläckare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "word": "ljussax"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "word": "panutog"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "word": "mum makası"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "device made to extinguish a candle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glaniadur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "candle snuffer"
}

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