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Meaning of fomes | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈfoː.mɛs]

Definitions

  1. tinder, kindling
    declension-3
  2. tinderbox
    Medieval-Latin, declension-3
  3. fomite
    New-Latin, declension-3
  4. Equivalent to 'Tinder': An online dating and geosocial networking application, launched in 2012, in which users "swipe right" to like or "swipe left" to dislike other users'...

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca qov
Bosanski трут
Català esca
Čeština troud
English kindling Tinder
Español astillas encendaja incendaja leña yesca
Français Amadou petit bois
Gaeilge brosna sponc
Galego esca isca
Hrvatski трут
Magyar alágyújtós
Հայերեն աբեթ ղավ
Íslenska uppkveikja
Italiano accelerante esca
ქართული აბედი
한국어 불쏘시개
Kurdî qov
Latina succensio
Македонски борина
Nederlands aanmaakhout tinderen
Português graveto isca
Română iască
Русский растопка трут
Shqip ashër eshkë karthje shkarpë
Српски трут
Svenska fnöske tändved
Tagalog lulog
Türkçe çıra kav
Українська трут
Tiếng Việt bùi nhùi

Examples

“Ac prīmum silicī scintillam excūdit Achātēs, succēpitque ignem foliīs, atque ārida circum”

And Achates first struck a spark from flint, and caught the fire on leaves, and so he spread dry fuel around, and hastened a flame within the tinder.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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