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Meaning of Tinder | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈtɪn.də

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. An online dating and geosocial networking application, launched in 2012, in which users "swipe right" to like or "swipe left" to dislike other users' profiles.
  3. Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca qov
Català esca
Čeština troud
Ελληνικά άφτρα
Suomi sytyke
Français Amadou
Gaeilge sponc
Galego esca isca
Magyar alágyújtós
Հայերեն աբեթ ղավ
Bahasa Indonesia rabuk
Italiano esca
日本語 火口 火種
ქართული აბედი
Kurdî qov
Latina fomes
Македонски борина
Nederlands tinderen
Português graveto isca
Română iască
Русский трут
Shqip eshkë
Svenska fnöske
Tagalog lulog
Türkçe çıra kav
Українська трут
Tiếng Việt bùi nhùi

Examples

“Strike on the Tinder, hoa: / Giue me a Taper: […]”
“So sure, she’s a romantic, but quite a pragmatic one. “I was just thinking, ‘You know what? I’ve had shit luck with boys. I’ll try Tinder, Bumble and Love Island.’””
“Famously, Tinder gamified the search for love, introducing that addictive swipe feature to its target audience: millennials.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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