glyphosate

English

Etymology

Blend of glycine +‎ phosphonate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɪfəseɪt/, /ˈɡlaɪfə-/, /ɡlaɪˈfɒseɪt/

Noun

glyphosate (countable and uncountable, plural glyphosates)

1. N-phosphonomethyl glycine, the active ingredient of several herbicides that inhibit a plant growth enzyme.
   • 2016 April 11, Arthur Neslen, “Two-thirds of Europeans support ban on glyphosate - poll”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Two-thirds of Europeans support a ban on glyphosate, the most widely used agricultural chemical in the world’s history, according to a new Yougov poll.

   • 2017 November 27, Danny Hakim, “Glyphosate, Top-Selling Weed Killer, Wins E.U. Approval for 5 Years”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     France led the opposition to allowing the use of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup and in weed killers made by other companies.

Translations

chemical

• Czech: glyfosát m
• Dutch: glyfosaat (nl) n
• Finnish: glyfosaatti (fi)
• French: glyphosate (fr) m
• German: Glyphosat (de) n
• Greek: γλυφοσάτη (el) f (glyfosáti)
• Italian: glifosato (it)
• Polish: glifosat m
• Spanish: glifosato

Further reading

• glyphosate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Noun

glyphosate m (uncountable)

1. glyphosate