ypérite
French
editEtymology
editFormed as Ypres + -ite, so named because the gas was first used at Ypres in 1917 during the First World War.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editypérite f (plural ypérites)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “ypérite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.