mosterdgas
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Compound of mosterd + gas. Perhaps borrowed from Dutch mosterdgas or English mustard gas, ultimately from German Senfgas.
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mosterdgas (uncountable)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From mosterd + gas, calque of German Senfgas.
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Noun edit
mosterdgas n (plural mosterdgassen)
- (chiefly uncountable) mustard gas [from 1917]
- Synonym: yperiet