Molotov cocktail

See also: molotov cocktail

English

Alternative forms

• Molotoff cocktail
• molotov cocktail
• Molotov's cocktail

Etymology

Calque of Finnish Molotovin koktaili. Coined in Finland during the Winter War of 1939–40 between Finland and the Soviet Union, and named after then-Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒ.ləˌtɒf ˈkɒk.teɪl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ləˌtɔv ˈkɔk.tei.jəl/

Noun

Molotov cocktail (plural Molotov cocktails)

1. A crude incendiary bomb made from a glass bottle, either filled with a flammable liquid such as petroleum and supplied with a rag for a fuse that is lit just before being hurled, or filled with such a mix of flammable liquids that it ignites itself when it is smashed and its contents are exposed to air.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Molotov cocktail.

Synonyms

• (bomb): mollie (informal), petrol bomb, Bandera smoothie
• Molotov, molotov

Related terms

• Molotov breadbasket

Translations

simple incendiary bomb

• Arabic: زُجاجَة حَارِقَة‎ f (zujāja(t) ḥāriqa), كُوكْتَيْل مُولُوتُوف‎ m (kuktayl molotof)
• Armenian: Մոլոտովի կոկտեյլ (Molotovi kokteyl)
• Azerbaijani: Molotov kokteyli
• Belarusian: кактэ́йль Мо́латава (be) m (kaktéjlʹ Mólatava)
• Bulgarian: кокте́йл Мо́лотов m (koktéjl Mólotov)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燃燒瓶／燃烧瓶 (zh) (ránshāopíng)

  Cantonese: 汽油彈／汽油弹 (hei³ jau⁴ daan^6-2)

• Czech: Molotovův koktejl m
• Danish: molotovcocktail c
• Dutch: molotovcocktail (nl) m
• Esperanto: brulbotelo
• Estonian: Molotovi kokteil
• Finnish: polttopullo (fi), Molotovin cocktail (fi), Molotovin koktaili
• French: cocktail Molotov (fr) m
• Georgian: მოლოტოვის კოქტეილი (moloṭovis ḳokṭeili)
• German: Molotowcocktail (de) m, Brandflasche (de) f
• Greek: βόμβα μολότοφ f (vómva molótof), κοκτέιλ μολότωφ n (koktéil molótof), κοκτέιλ μολότοφ (el) n (koktéil molótof)
• Hebrew: בַּקְבּוּק תַּבְעֵרָה‎ (he)
• Hungarian: Molotov-koktél (hu)
• Italian: bomba Molotov f
• Japanese: 火炎瓶 (ja) (かえんびん, kaenbin)
• Kannada: ಮೊಲೊಟೊವ್ (moloṭov)
• Korean: 화염병(火焰甁) (hwayeombyeong)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: Молотовын коктейль (Molotovyn koktejlʹ)
• Persian: کوکتل مولوتف‎ (fa) (koktel molotof)
• Polish: koktajl Mołotowa (pl) m
• Portuguese: coquetel Molotov
• Russian: кокте́йль Мо́лотова (ru) m (koktɛ́jlʹ Mólotova)
• Serbo-Croatian: Molotovljev koktel
• Slovak: Molotovov koktail m
• Slovene: koktajl Molotova m
• Spanish: coctel molotov m, cóctel molotov m, bomba molotov
• Swedish: molotovcocktail (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: Molotof kokteyli (tr)
• Ukrainian: кокте́йль Мо́лотова m (koktéjlʹ Mólotova)
• Vietnamese: chai cháy

References

D. L. Gold (1996), “Etymology and Etiology in the Study of Proper Nouns, Eponymous Lexemes, and Possibly Eponymous Lexemes”, in Onomastica: pismo poświęcone nazewnictwu geograficznemu i osobowemu oraz innym nazwom własnym, v 41, pp 109–38.