estinguere

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to put out, extinguish
  2. (transitive) to pay off (a debt)
  3. (transitive) to close (an account)
  4. (transitive) to quench
  5. (transitive) to slake

Frequency

34k
Hyphenated as
e‧stìn‧gue‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/esˈtin.ɡwe.re/
Etymology

From Latin extinguere (possibly a semi-learned term). Doublet of stinguere.

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