tupakansytytin

Finnish

Etymology

Accusative of tupakka (tobacco, cigarette) + sytytin (lighter)

Noun

tupakansytytin

  1. (informal) A cigarette lighter

Declension

Usage notes

Normally a cigarette lighter is simply called sytytin (lighter), just as in English. Savukkeensytytin is regarded as the correct standard language term.

Synonyms

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Last modified on 4 January 2012, at 21:33