Lighter

//ˈlaɪtɚ//

Synonyms for "lighter" (31 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Noun(2 words)
bargebriquet

Strong matches (9)

Noun(1 words)
flatboat

Related words (15)

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Synonyms

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used for

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Translations

154 translations across 94 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • aak noun (fire-making device)
  • aanbrandsteker noun (fire-making device)
  • aansteker noun (fire-making device)

Albanian

1 entries
  • çakmak noun (fire-making device)

Amharic

2 entries
  • መለኮሻ noun (fire-making device)
  • ማቀጣጠያ noun (fire-making device)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بريكة noun (fire-making device)
  • شعالة noun (fire-making device)
  • قَدَّاحَة noun (fire-making device)
  • قَدَّاحَة noun (fire-making device)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կրակվառիչ noun (fire-making device)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • alışqan noun (fire-making device)

Basque

2 entries
  • metxero noun (fire-making device)
  • pizgailu noun (fire-making device)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • запальні́чка noun (fire-making device)

Bengali

1 entries
  • লাইটার noun (fire-making device)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • запа́лка noun (fire-making device)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဓာတ်မီးခြစ် noun (fire-making device)
  • မီးခြစ် noun (fire-making device)

Catalan

1 entries
  • encenedor noun (fire-making device)

Chechen

1 entries
  • цӏетухург noun (fire-making device)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 賴打 /赖打 noun (fire-making device)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 打火機 /打火机 noun (fire-making device)
  • 火機 /火机 noun (fire-making device)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 打火機 /打火机 noun (fire-making device)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • çaqmaq noun (fire-making device)

Czech

1 entries
  • zapalovač noun (fire-making device)

Danish

4 entries
  • cigarettænder noun (fire-making device)
  • fyrtøj noun (fire-making device)
  • lighter noun (fire-making device)
  • ligter noun (a barge)

Dari

1 entries
  • لَایْتَر noun (fire-making device)

Dutch

2 entries
  • aansteker noun (fire-making device)
  • lichter noun (a barge)

Estonian

2 entries
  • tulemasin noun (fire-making device)
  • välgumihkel noun (fire-making device)

Faroese

1 entries
  • tendrari noun (fire-making device)

Finnish

4 entries
  • lehteri noun (a barge)
  • savukkeensytytin noun (fire-making device)
  • sytkäri noun (fire-making device)
  • sytytin noun (fire-making device)

French

1 entries
  • briquet noun (fire-making device)

Galician

1 entries
  • chisqueiro noun (fire-making device)

Georgian

1 entries
  • სანთებელა noun (fire-making device)

German

3 entries
  • (handheld) Feuerzeug noun (fire-making device)
  • Leichter noun (a barge)
  • Zigarettenanzünder noun (fire-making device)

Gilbertese

1 entries
  • bebete riki noun (fire-making device)

Greek

2 entries
  • αναπτήρας noun (fire-making device)
  • φορτηγίδα noun (a barge)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries
  • 打火機 /打火机 noun (fire-making device)
  • 賴打 /赖打 noun (fire-making device)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מַצִּית noun (fire-making device)
  • פּוֹרֶקֶת noun (a barge)

Hindi

1 entries
  • लाइटर noun (fire-making device)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • öngyújtó noun (fire-making device)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • kveikjari noun (fire-making device)
  • prammi noun (a barge)

Ido

1 entries
  • acendilo noun (fire-making device)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • korek api gas noun (fire-making device)
  • pemantik noun (fire-making device)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • فَنْدَک noun (fire-making device)

Irish

2 entries
  • lastóir noun (fire-making device)
  • lastóir toitíní noun (fire-making device)

Italian

1 entries
  • accendino noun (fire-making device)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ライター noun (fire-making device)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • шақпақ noun (fire-making device)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ដែកកេះ noun (fire-making device)

Korean

1 entries
  • 라이터 noun (fire-making device)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • зажигалка noun (fire-making device)
  • чакмак noun (fire-making device)

Lao

3 entries
  • ກັບເຫລັກໄຟ noun (fire-making device)
  • ກັບໄຟ noun (fire-making device)
  • ເຫລັກໄຟ noun (fire-making device)

Latin

1 entries
  • ignitabulum noun (fire-making device)

Latvian

2 entries
  • dedzīklis noun (fire-making device)
  • šķiltavas noun (fire-making device)

Ligurian

2 entries
  • bricchetto noun (fire-making device)
  • bricchettu noun (fire-making device)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • žiebtuvėlis noun (fire-making device)

Low German

1 entries
  • Füertüüch noun (fire-making device)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • запалка noun (fire-making device)
  • чакмак noun (fire-making device)

Malay

1 entries
  • pemetik api noun (fire-making device)

Maltese

1 entries
  • lajter noun (fire-making device)

Manx

2 entries
  • eddrymmey noun (fire-making device)
  • losseyder noun (fire-making device)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • асаагуур noun (fire-making device)

Māori

1 entries
  • pūahi noun (fire-making device)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • heste noun (fire-making device)
  • çeqmaq noun (fire-making device)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • fyrtøy noun (fire-making device)
  • lekter noun (a barge)
  • lighter noun (fire-making device)
  • sigarettenner noun (fire-making device)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • fyrtøy noun (fire-making device)
  • lekter noun (a barge)
  • lighter noun (fire-making device)
  • tennar noun (fire-making device)

Pashto

1 entries
  • لایټر noun (fire-making device)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Hupjebrenna noun (fire-making device)

Polabian

1 entries
  • vigneně tüďai noun (fire-making device)

Polish

2 entries
  • lichtuga noun (a barge)
  • zapalniczka noun (fire-making device)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • acendedor noun (fire-making device)
  • isqueiro noun (fire-making device)

Romanian

1 entries
  • brichetă noun (fire-making device)

Russian

3 entries
  • зажига́лка noun (fire-making device)
  • ли́хтер noun (a barge)
  • шала́нда noun (a barge)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • upàljāč noun (fire-making device)
  • упа̀ља̄ч noun (fire-making device)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • azzarinu noun (fire-making device)

Slovak

1 entries
  • zapaľovač noun (fire-making device)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vžigalnik noun (fire-making device)

Sotho

1 entries
  • segôtêtši noun (fire-making device)

Spanish

4 entries
  • briquet noun (fire-making device)
  • encendedor noun (fire-making device)
  • fosforera noun (fire-making device)
  • lighter noun (fire-making device)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • gérétan noun (fire-making device)

Swahili

1 entries
  • vibiriti vya chuma noun (fire-making device)

Swedish

2 entries
  • liktare noun (a barge)
  • tändare noun (fire-making device)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pansindi noun (fire-making device)

Tajik

2 entries
  • нимирӯзӣ noun (fire-making device)
  • оташафрӯзак noun (fire-making device)

Tetum

1 entries
  • iskeiru noun (fire-making device)

Thai

1 entries
  • ไฟแช็ก noun (fire-making device)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • སླ་བ noun (fire-making device)

Tongan

1 entries
  • masi noun (fire-making device)

Turkish

1 entries
  • çakmak noun (fire-making device)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • çakmak noun (fire-making device)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • запальни́чка noun (fire-making device)

Urdu

1 entries
  • لائِٹَر noun (fire-making device)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • چاقماق noun (fire-making device)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • chaqmoq noun (fire-making device)
  • zajigalka noun (fire-making device)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • bật lửa noun (fire-making device)
  • hộp quẹt noun (fire-making device)

Volapük

1 entries
  • filidöm noun (fire-making device)

Welsh

1 entries
  • taniwr noun (fire-making device)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אָנצינדער noun (fire-making device)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • adırge (diq) noun (fire-making device)

Zulu

1 entries
  • into yokukhanyisa noun (fire-making device)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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It is getting lighter outside.

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Have you got a lighter?

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I put my lighter down somewhere and now I can't find it.

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Do you have a lighter?

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