vuursteen
Dutch
vuursteen
a flint
a flint
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vuursteen. Equivalent to vuur (“fire”) + steen (“stone, rock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvyr.steːn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: vuur‧steen
Noun
vuursteen m or n (plural vuurstenen, diminutive vuursteentje n)
- m A flint, piece of hard fine-grained quartz stone, as struck to spark up a fire
- n Flint, the material silex
Derived terms
- vuurstenen (adjective)
- vuursteengeweer n
- vuursteenmes n
- vuursteenpistool
- vuursteenslot n
- vuursteentje n (also a material)