Molotov cocktail

Molotov cocktail

See also: molotov cocktail

English

Alternative forms

• Molotoff cocktail
• molotov cocktail
• Molotov's cocktail

Etymology

Calque of Finnish Molotovin koktaili. Coined in Finland during the Winter War of 1939–40 between Finland and the Soviet Union, and named after then-Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒ.lə.ˌtɒf.ˈkɒk.teɪl/

Noun

Molotov cocktail (plural Molotov cocktails)

1. A crude incendiary bomb made from a glass bottle, either filled with a flammable liquid such as petroleum and supplied with a rag for a fuse that is lit just before being hurled, or filled with such a mix of flammable liquids that it ignites itself when it is smashed and its contents are exposed to air.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Molotov cocktail.

Synonyms

• (bomb): mollie (informal), petrol bomb
• Molotov, molotov

Related terms

• Molotov breadbasket

Translations

simple incendiary bomb

Arabic: زُجاجَة حَارِقَة‎ f (zujāja(t) ḥāriqa), كُوكْتَيْل مُولُوتُوف‎ m (kuktayl molotof) Armenian: Մոլոտովի կոկտեյլ (Molotovi kokteyl) Azerbaijani: Molotov kokteyli Belarusian: кактэ́йль Мо́латава (be) m (kaktéjlʹ Mólatava) Bulgarian: кокте́йл Мо́лотов m (koktéjl Mólotov) Chinese: Mandarin: 燃燒瓶／燃烧瓶 (zh) (ránshāopíng) Cantonese: 汽油彈 Czech: Molotovův koktejl m Danish: molotovcocktail c Dutch: molotovcocktail (nl) m Esperanto: brulbotelo Estonian: Molotovi kokteil Finnish: polttopullo (fi), Molotovin cocktail (fi), Molotovin koktaili French: cocktail Molotov (fr) m Georgian: მოლოტოვის კოქტეილი (moloṭovis ḳokṭeili) German: Molotowcocktail (de) m, Brandflasche (de) f Greek: βόμβα μολότοφ f (vómva molótof), κοκτέιλ μολότωφ n (koktéil molótof), κοκτέιλ μολότοφ (el) n (koktéil molótof) Hebrew: בַּקְבּוּק תַּבְעֵרָה‎ (he) Hungarian: Molotov-koktél (hu) Italian: bomba Molotov f Japanese: 火炎瓶 (かえんびん, kaenbin) Kannada: ಮೊಲೊಟೊವ್ (moloṭov) Korean: 화염병(火焰甁) (hwayeombyeong) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: Молотовын коктейль (Molotovyn koktejlʹ) Persian: کوکتل مولوتف‎ (fa) (koktel molotof) Polish: koktajl Mołotowa (pl) m Portuguese: coquetel Molotov Russian: кокте́йль Мо́лотова (ru) m (koktɛ́jlʹ Mólotova) Serbo-Croatian: Molotovljev koktel Slovak: Molotovov koktail m Slovene: koktajl Molotova m Spanish: coctel molotov m, cóctel molotov m, bomba molotov Swedish: molotovcocktail c Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: Molotof kokteyli (tr) Ukrainian: кокте́йль Мо́лотова m (koktéjlʹ Mólotova) Vietnamese: chai cháy

References

D. L. Gold (1996), “Etymology and Etiology in the Study of Proper Nouns, Eponymous Lexemes, and Possibly Eponymous Lexemes”, in Onomastica: pismo poświęcone nazewnictwu geograficznemu i osobowemu oraz innym nazwom własnym, v 41, pp 109–38.