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CIGARETTE LIGHTER [2 records]

Record 1 2017-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Smoker's Articles
  • Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Accessories
OBS

cigarette lighter; cigar lighter: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles de fumeur
  • Accessoires d'automobiles et de bicyclettes
DEF

Briquet à incandescence, dont est souvent muni le tableau de bord d'un véhicule automobile, et qui sert à allumer les cigarettes, les cigares.

OBS

Pluriel : des allume-cigares.

OBS

allume-cigares (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

allume-cigarette; allume-cigare : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie

Spanish

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