sammutus

== Finnish == === Etymology === sammuttaa (“to put (a fire) out, extinguish; to shut down; to quench”) +‎ -us === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɑmːutus/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mːut̪us̠] Rhymes: -ɑmːutus Syllabification(key): sam‧mu‧tus Hyphenation(key): sam‧mu‧tus === Noun === sammutus putting out (a fire); fire fighting a shutdown (act of shutting something down) quenching (a thirst; quenching in metallurgy) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “sammutus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023