napalm
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English
Etymology
Formed from na(phthenic) palm(itic) acid, the two original components of the substance.
Pronunciation
Noun
napalm (usually uncountable, plural napalms)
- A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas.
- (figurative) Anything very incendiary; dynamite.
- When leaked, the controversial documents proved to be political napalm.
- sexual napalm
Translations
flammable substance
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Verb
napalm (third-person singular simple present napalms, present participle napalming, simple past and past participle napalmed)
- (transitive) To spray or attack with napalm.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
napalm m or n (uncountable)
Derived terms
Further reading
napalm on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
napalm
Declension
| Inflection of napalm (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | napalm | napalmit | ||
| genitive | napalmin | napalmien | ||
| partitive | napalmia | napalmeja | ||
| illative | napalmiin | napalmeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | napalm | napalmit | ||
| accusative | nom. | napalm | napalmit | |
| gen. | napalmin | |||
| genitive | napalmin | napalmien | ||
| partitive | napalmia | napalmeja | ||
| inessive | napalmissa | napalmeissa | ||
| elative | napalmista | napalmeista | ||
| illative | napalmiin | napalmeihin | ||
| adessive | napalmilla | napalmeilla | ||
| ablative | napalmilta | napalmeilta | ||
| allative | napalmille | napalmeille | ||
| essive | napalmina | napalmeina | ||
| translative | napalmiksi | napalmeiksi | ||
| abessive | napalmitta | napalmeitta | ||
| instructive | — | napalmein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “napalm”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
napalm m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “napalm”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Portuguese
Noun
napalm m (plural napalms)
- napalm (inflammable, viscous substance used in warfare)
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
napalm n (uncountable)
Declension
declension of napalm (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) napalm | napalmul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) napalm | napalmului |
| vocative | napalmule | |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
nàpalm m (Cyrillic spelling на̀палм)
Declension
Declension of napalm
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
napalm m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “napalm”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
napalm c
Declension
| Declension of napalm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | napalm | napalmen | — | — |
| Genitive | napalms | napalmens | — | — |
References
Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: na‧palm
Noun
napalm (definite accusative napalmı, plural napalmlar)
References
- “napalm”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu