insecticide
English
Etymology
From French insecticide, as insect + -icide.
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
insecticide (countable and uncountable, plural insecticides)
- A substance used to kill insects.
- 2009, Handbook of Pesticides: Methods of Pesticide Residues Analysis, →ISBN:
- The dried seed powder of custard apple (Annona squamosa L; family: Annonaceae) has been used as an insecticide in India and many other tropical countries since ancient times.
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Related terms
- insect
- insecticidal
Translations
A substance used to kill insects
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Anagrams
- scienticide
French
Etymology
insecte + -cide
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.sɛk.ti.sid/
Audio (file)
Noun
insecticide m (plural insecticides)
- insecticide
Further reading
- “insecticide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.