vuurvast

Dutch

Etymology

Germanic: vuur 'fire' (cognate with German Feuer etc.) + vast 'solid, resistant, steady' (cognate with fast(en), German fest etc.)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vuurvast (comparative vuurvaster, superlative meest vuurvast or vuurvastst)

  1. fire-proof
  2. (by extension) with fairly great heat tolerance; fit for use in cooking

Inflection

Inflection of vuurvast
uninflected vuurvast
inflected vuurvaste
comparative vuurvaster
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vuurvastvuurvasterhet vuurvastst
het vuurvastste
indefinite m./f. sing. vuurvastevuurvasterevuurvastste
n. sing. vuurvastvuurvastervuurvastste
plural vuurvastevuurvasterevuurvastste
definite vuurvastevuurvasterevuurvastste
partitive vuurvastsvuurvasters

Synonyms

  • vuurbestendig

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • vuurvastheid
  • vuurhoudend
  • vuurproef
  • klokvast
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