mustard gas

English

Etymology

Calque of German Senfgas.

Noun

mustard gas (countable and uncountable, plural mustard gases)

1. A vesicant gas, bis (2-chloroethyl) sulfide, (ClC₂H₄)₂S, once used in chemical warfare.

   The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

Synonyms

• dichlorodiethyl sulfide
• sulfur mustard, sulphur mustard
• yellow cross liquid
• yperite

Translations

vesicant gas

• Afrikaans: yperiet, mosterdgas
• Arabic: غاز الخردل
• Armenian: իպրիտ (hy) (iprit)
• Azerbaijani: iprit
• Basque: ziape-gas
• Breton: iperit, gaz moustard
• Bulgarian: иприт (iprit), горчичен газ (gorčičen gaz)
• Catalan: gas mostassa m, mostassa sulfurada f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 芥子氣／芥子气 (gaai³ zi² hei³)

  Mandarin: 芥子氣／芥子气 (zh) (jièziqì), 芥子气 (zh) (jièzǐqì), 芥子毒氣／芥子毒气 (jièzǐ dúqì), 芥子毒气 (jièzǐ dúqì)

• Czech: yperit (cs), hořčičný plyn
• Danish: sennepsgas
• Dutch: mosterdgas (nl) n, yperiet n
• Esperanto: iperito, mustarda gaso
• Estonian: ipriit, sinepigaas
• Finnish: sinappikaasu (fi)
• French: gaz moutarde (fr) m, ypérite (fr) f
• Galician: gas mostaza
• Georgian: მდოგვის გაზი (mdogvis gazi), მდოგვის აირი (mdogvis airi), იპრიტი (iṗriṭi)
• German: Senfgas (de) n, Gelbkreuz n
• Greek: αέριο μουστάρδας n (aério moustárdas)
• Hebrew: גז חרדל
• Hindi: मस्टर्ड गैस (masṭarḍ gais), सल्फर मस्टर्ड (salphar masṭarḍ)
• Hungarian: mustárgáz, kén-mustár
• Icelandic: sinnepsgas
• Indonesian: yperit
• Irish: gás mustaird
• Italian: iprite (it) f
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• Japanese: マスタードガス (masutādo gasu)
• Kazakh: иприт (iprit)
• Korean: 머스터드 황 (meoseuteodeu hwang), 머스터드 가스 (meoseuteodeu gaseu)
• Kurdish:
• Kyrgyz: иприт (iprit)
• Latin: ypertium, gasum sinapis
• Latvian: iprīts
• Lithuanian: ipritas
• Norwegian: sennepsgass
• Occitan: gas mostarda m
• Persian: گاز خردل
• Polish: gaz musztardowy (pl) m, iperyt siarkowy (pl) f
• Portuguese: gás mostarda m, iperita (pt) f
• Romanian: iperită (ro), gaz muștar
• Russian: горчичный газ (ru) m (gorčičnyj gaz), иприт (ru) m (iprit)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ипѐрӣт

  Roman: iperit (sh) m

• Slovak: yperit (sk)
• Slovene: iperit, gorčični plin
• Spanish: gas mostaza m
• Swedish: senapsgas (sv)
• Tamil: கடுகுவாயு (kaṭukuvāyu)
• Turkish: iperit, hardal gazı
• Ukrainian: іприт (ipryt)
• Welsh: nwy mwstard
• West Flemish: yperiet, mosterdgas
• Western Panjabi: مسٹرڈ گیس (msṭrḍ ges)