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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Formed from na(phthenic) palm(itic) acid, the two original components of the substance.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
napalm (usually uncountable, plural napalms)
- A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas.
- (figurative) Anything very incendiary; dynamite.
- When leaked, the controversial documents proved to be political napalm.
- sexual napalm
Translations[edit]
flammable substance
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Verb[edit]
napalm (third-person singular simple present napalms, present participle napalming, simple past and past participle napalmed)
- (transitive) To spray or attack with napalm.
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
napalm m or n (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- napalm on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
napalm
Declension[edit]
Inflection of napalm (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | napalm | napalmit | ||
genitive | napalmin | napalmien | ||
partitive | napalmia | napalmeja | ||
illative | napalmiin | napalmeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | napalm | napalmit | ||
accusative | nom. | napalm | napalmit | |
gen. | napalmin | |||
genitive | napalmin | napalmien | ||
partitive | napalmia | napalmeja | ||
inessive | napalmissa | napalmeissa | ||
elative | napalmista | napalmeista | ||
illative | napalmiin | napalmeihin | ||
adessive | napalmilla | napalmeilla | ||
ablative | napalmilta | napalmeilta | ||
allative | napalmille | napalmeille | ||
essive | napalmina | napalmeina | ||
translative | napalmiksi | napalmeiksi | ||
abessive | napalmitta | napalmeitta | ||
instructive | — | napalmein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “napalm”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
napalm m (uncountable)
Further reading[edit]
- “napalm”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
napalm m (plural napalms)
- napalm (inflammable, viscous substance used in warfare)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
napalm n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
declension of napalm (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) napalm | napalmul |
genitive/dative | (unui) napalm | napalmului |
vocative | napalmule |
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nàpalm m (Cyrillic spelling на̀палм)
Declension[edit]
Declension of napalm
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
napalm m (uncountable)
Further reading[edit]
- “napalm”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
napalm c
Declension[edit]
Declension of napalm | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | napalm | napalmen | — | — |
Genitive | napalms | napalmens | — | — |
References[edit]
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: na‧palm
Noun[edit]
napalm (definite accusative napalmı, plural napalmlar)
References[edit]
- “napalm”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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