vuurtoren

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • viertoren (obsolete)

Etymology

From vuur (fire) + toren (tower).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvyːrˌtoː.rə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vuur‧to‧ren

Noun

vuurtoren m (plural vuurtorens, diminutive vuurtorentje n)

  1. a lighthouse
  2. (Netherlands) a 250 guilder banknote (before the introduction of the euro)
  3. (derogatory) a redhead, ginger
    Synonyms: roodhaar, roodharige, rosse, rossekop

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