dynamite

See also: dynamité

English

Etymology

Coined by Nobel, the inventor. Ultimately from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”) +‎ -ite, possibly under the influence of dynamo or dynamic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪnəmaɪt/

Noun

dynamite (usually uncountable, plural dynamites)

1. A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting; invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867.
2. (figuratively, slang, uncountable) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
   • 2016, Kit Moulton, Annabella (page 108)

     That girl was dynamite. Dark hair with killer blue eyes, bronze skin, and an exquisite full-figured body.

     He warned us: "That issue about what's been happening at that factory, is political dynamite. Keep the lid on it."

Synonyms

• nitro

Translations

class of explosives

• Afrikaans: dinamiet
• Albanian: dinamit (sq) m
• Arabic: دِينَامِيت‎‎ m (dinamit)
• Armenian: ուժանակ (hy) (užanak)
• Asturian: dinamita f
• Azerbaijani: dinamit
• Basque: dinamita (eu)
• Belarusian: дынамі́т m (dynamít)
• Bulgarian: динами́т m (dinamít)
• Catalan: dinamita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 炸藥 (zh), 炸药 (zh) (zhàyào)

• Czech: dynamit (cs) n
• Danish: dynamit c
• Dutch: dynamiet (nl) n
• Esperanto: dinamito
• Estonian: dünamiit
• Finnish: dynamiitti (fi)
• French: dynamite (fr) f
• Galician: dinamita f
• Georgian: დინამიტი (dinamiṭi)
• German: Dynamit (de) n
• Hindi: बारूद (hi) f (bārūd), बारूत (hi) f (bārūt)
• Hungarian: dinamit (hu)
• Ido: dinamito (io)
• Ilocano: dinamita
• Irish: dinimít f
• Italian: dinamite (it) f
• Japanese: ダイナマイト (dainamaito)
• Korean: 다이너마이트 (daineomaiteu)

• Lao: ດິນລະເບີດ (din la bœ̄t)
• Latvian: dinamīts f
• Lithuanian: dinamitas f
• Macedonian: динамит m (dinamit)
• Malay: dinamit
• Maori: tainamaiti
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dynamitt m

  Nynorsk: dynamitt m

• Persian: دینامیت‎‎ (fa) (dinâmit)
• Polish: dynamit (pl) m
• Portuguese: dinamite f
• Romanian: dinamită (ro)
• Russian: динами́т (ru) m (dinamít)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: динамит m

  Roman: dinamit (sh) m

• Spanish: dinamita (es) f
• Swahili: baruti
• Swedish: dynamit (sv) n
• Tagalog: dinamita
• Tamil: டைனமைட் (ṭaiṉamaiṭ)
• Telugu: డైనమైటు (ḍainamaiṭu)
• Turkish: dinamit (tr)
• Ukrainian: динамі́т (uk) m (dynamít)
• Urdu: باروت‎‎ f (bārūt), بارود‎‎ f (bārūd)
• Vietnamese: mìn (vi), đinamit
• Welsh: deinameit f
• Yiddish: דיינאַמייט‎‎ f (dyynʼamyyt)

figuratively

• German: Sprengstoff (de) m

Verb

dynamite (third-person singular simple present dynamites, present participle dynamiting, simple past and past participle dynamited)

1. To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.

Translations

to blow up with dynamite or other high explosive

• Asturian: dinamitar
• Catalan: dinamitar (ca)
• Dutch: dynamiteren
• Finnish: räjäyttää dynamiitilla
• French: dynamiter (fr)
• Galician: dinamitar

• Ido: dinamitagar (io)
• Irish: réab le dinimít
• Maori: tainamaiti
• Portuguese: dinamitar
• Spanish: dinamitar (es)

See also

• cordite

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.na.mit/

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• Homophones: dynamitent, dynamites

Verb

dynamite

1. first-person singular present indicative of dynamiter
2. third-person singular present indicative of dynamiter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of dynamiter
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of dynamiter
5. second-person singular imperative of dynamiter