napalm

English

Etymology

Formed from na(phthenic) palm(itic) acid, the two original components of the substance.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈneɪ.pɑːm/, /ˈneɪ.pɑlm/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

napalm (usually uncountable, plural napalms)

  1. A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas.
  2. (figurative) Anything very incendiary; dynamite.
    When leaked, the controversial documents proved to be political napalm.
    sexual napalm

Translations

Verb

napalm (third-person singular simple present napalms, present participle napalming, simple past and past participle napalmed)

  1. (transitive) To spray or attack with napalm.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English napalm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnaː.pɑlm/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: na‧palm

Noun

napalm m or n (uncountable)

  1. napalm

Derived terms

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

From English napalm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑpɑlm/, [ˈnɑ̝pɑ̝lm]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpɑlm
  • Syllabification(key): na‧palm

Noun

napalm

  1. napalm

Declension
Inflection of napalm (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of napalm (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative napalmini napalmini
accusative nom. napalmini napalmini
gen. napalmini
genitive napalmini napalmieni
partitive napalmiani napalmejani
inessive napalmissani napalmeissani
elative napalmistani napalmeistani
illative napalmiini napalmeihini
adessive napalmillani napalmeillani
ablative napalmiltani napalmeiltani
allative napalmilleni napalmeilleni
essive napalminani napalmeinani
translative napalmikseni napalmeikseni
abessive napalmittani napalmeittani
instructive — —
comitative — napalmeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative napalmisi napalmisi
accusative nom. napalmisi napalmisi
gen. napalmisi
genitive napalmisi napalmiesi
partitive napalmiasi napalmejasi
inessive napalmissasi napalmeissasi
elative napalmistasi napalmeistasi
illative napalmiisi napalmeihisi
adessive napalmillasi napalmeillasi
ablative napalmiltasi napalmeiltasi
allative napalmillesi napalmeillesi
essive napalminasi napalmeinasi
translative napalmiksesi napalmeiksesi
abessive napalmittasi napalmeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — napalmeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative napalmimme napalmimme
accusative nom. napalmimme napalmimme
gen. napalmimme
genitive napalmimme napalmiemme
partitive napalmiamme napalmejamme
inessive napalmissamme napalmeissamme
elative napalmistamme napalmeistamme
illative napalmiimme napalmeihimme
adessive napalmillamme napalmeillamme
ablative napalmiltamme napalmeiltamme
allative napalmillemme napalmeillemme
essive napalminamme napalmeinamme
translative napalmiksemme napalmeiksemme
abessive napalmittamme napalmeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — napalmeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative napalminne napalminne
accusative nom. napalminne napalminne
gen. napalminne
genitive napalminne napalmienne
partitive napalmianne napalmejanne
inessive napalmissanne napalmeissanne
elative napalmistanne napalmeistanne
illative napalmiinne napalmeihinne
adessive napalmillanne napalmeillanne
ablative napalmiltanne napalmeiltanne
allative napalmillenne napalmeillenne
essive napalminanne napalmeinanne
translative napalmiksenne napalmeiksenne
abessive napalmittanne napalmeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — napalmeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative napalminsa napalminsa
accusative nom. napalminsa napalminsa
gen. napalminsa
genitive napalminsa napalmiensa
partitive napalmiaan
napalmiansa		 napalmejaan
napalmejansa
inessive napalmissaan
napalmissansa		 napalmeissaan
napalmeissansa
elative napalmistaan
napalmistansa		 napalmeistaan
napalmeistansa
illative napalmiinsa napalmeihinsa
adessive napalmillaan
napalmillansa		 napalmeillaan
napalmeillansa
ablative napalmiltaan
napalmiltansa		 napalmeiltaan
napalmeiltansa
allative napalmilleen
napalmillensa		 napalmeilleen
napalmeillensa
essive napalminaan
napalminansa		 napalmeinaan
napalmeinansa
translative napalmikseen
napalmiksensa		 napalmeikseen
napalmeiksensa
abessive napalmittaan
napalmittansa		 napalmeittaan
napalmeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — napalmeineen
napalmeinensa

Derived terms
compounds

Further reading

French

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

napalm m (uncountable)

  1. napalm

Further reading

Portuguese

Noun

napalm m (plural napalms)

  1. napalm (inflammable, viscous substance used in warfare)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French napalm.

Noun

napalm n (uncountable)

  1. napalm

Declension
declension of napalm (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) napalm napalmul
genitive/dative (unui) napalm napalmului
vocative napalmule

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English napalm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nǎpalm/
  • Hyphenation: na‧palm

Noun

nàpalm m (Cyrillic spelling на̀палм)

  1. napalm

Declension
Declension of napalm
singular
nominative napalm
genitive napalma
dative napalmu
accusative napalm
vocative napalme
locative napalmu
instrumental napalmom

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English napalm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naˈpalm/ [naˈpalm]
  • Rhymes: -alm
  • Syllabification: na‧palm

Noun

napalm m (uncountable)

  1. napalm

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

napalm c

  1. napalm

Declension
Declension of napalm 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative napalm napalmen — —
Genitive napalms napalmens — —

References

Turkish

Etymology

From French napalm.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: na‧palm

Noun

napalm (definite accusative napalmı, plural napalmlar)

  1. (chemistry) napalm

References
  • “napalm”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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