napalm

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Formed from na(phthenic) palm(itic) acid, the two original components of the substance.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈneɪ.pɑːm/, SAMPA: /"neI.pA:m/

Noun

napalm (uncountable)

1. A highly flammable, viscous substance, (designed to stick to the body while burning), used in warfare to cause widespread death and destruction, especially in wooded areas.

Translations

inflammable substance

Croatian: napalm (hr) m. Dutch: napalm (nl) Esperanto: napalmo (eo) Finnish: napalm (fi)

French: napalm (fr) m. German: Napalm (de) n. Ido: napalmo (io) Russian: напалм (ru) (napálm) m.

Verb

napalm (third-person singular simple present napalms, present participle napalming, simple past and past participle napalmed)

1. (transitive) To spray or attack an area using such substance.

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Finnish

Etymology

From English napalm.

Noun

napalm

1. napalm

Declension

Declension of napalm (type risti) singular plural nominative napalm napalmit genitive napalmin napalmien partitive napalmia napalmeja accusative napalm napalmin napalmit inessive napalmissa napalmeissa elative napalmista napalmeista illative napalmiin napalmeihin adessive napalmilla napalmeilla ablative napalmilta napalmeilta allative napalmille napalmeille essive napalmina napalmeina translative napalmiksi napalmeiksi instructive – napalmein abessive napalmitta napalmeitta comitative – napalmeineen

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English napalm.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nǎpalm/
• Hyphenation: na‧palm

Noun

nàpalm m. (Cyrillic spelling на̀палм)

1. napalm

Declension

    declension of napalm

	singular
nominative	napalm
genitive	napalma
dative	napalmu
accusative	napalm
vocative	napalme
locative	napalmu
instrumental	napalmom