napalm
English edit
Etymology edit
Formed from na(phthenic) palm(itic) acid, the two original components of the substance.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
flammable substance
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Verb edit
napalm (third-person singular simple present napalms, present participle napalming, simple past and past participle napalmed)
- (transitive) To spray or attack with napalm.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
napalm m or n (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- napalm on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
napalm
Declension edit
Inflection of napalm (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
Further reading edit
- “napalm”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French edit
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Audio (file)
Noun edit
napalm m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “napalm”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
napalm m (plural napalms)
- napalm (inflammable, viscous substance used in warfare)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
napalm n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of napalm (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) napalm | napalmul |
genitive/dative | (unui) napalm | napalmului |
vocative | napalmule |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
nàpalm m (Cyrillic spelling на̀палм)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
napalm m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “napalm”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
napalm c
Declension edit
Declension of napalm | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | napalm | napalmen | — | — |
Genitive | napalms | napalmens | — | — |
References edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: na‧palm
Noun edit
napalm (definite accusative napalmı, plural napalmlar)
References edit
- “napalm”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu