"Molotov cocktail" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒ.ləˌtɒf ˈkɒk.teɪl/ [UK], /ˈmɔ.ləˌtɔv ˈkɔk.teɪl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Molotov cocktail.wav [US] Forms: Molotov cocktails [plural]
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), who claimed the bombs the Soviet Union dropped on Finland were "airborne humanitarian food deliveries", prompting Finns to say their firebombs were "Molotov cocktails" (a drink to go with his food deliveries). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fi|Molotovin koktaili}} Calque of Finnish Molotovin koktaili Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: Molotov cocktail Categories (topical): Explosives, Weapons Synonyms: Molotov, molotov, Molotoff cocktail, molotov cocktail, Molotov's cocktail Synonyms (bomb): mollie [informal], petrol bomb, Bandera smoothie Related terms: Molotov breadbasket Translations (simple incendiary bomb): زُجاجَة حَارِقَة (alt: zujāja(t) ḥāriqa) [feminine] (Arabic), كُوكْتَيْل مُولُوتُوف (kuktayl molotof) [masculine] (Arabic), Մոլոտովի կոկտեյլ (Molotovi kokteyl) (Armenian), Molotov kokteyli (Azerbaijani), кактэ́йль Мо́латава (kaktéjlʹ Mólatava) [masculine] (Belarusian), кокте́йл Мо́лотов (koktéjl Mólotov) [masculine] (Bulgarian), còctel Molotov [masculine] (Catalan), 汽油彈 (Chinese Cantonese), 汽油弹 (alt: hei³ jau⁴ daan⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 燃燒瓶 (Chinese Mandarin), 燃烧瓶 (ránshāopíng) (Chinese Mandarin), Molotovův koktejl [masculine] (Czech), molotovcocktail [common-gender] (Danish), molotovcocktail [masculine] (Dutch), brulbotelo (Esperanto), Molotovi kokteil (Estonian), polttopullo (Finnish), Molotovin cocktail (Finnish), Molotovin koktaili (Finnish), cocktail Molotov [masculine] (French), მოლოტოვის კოქტეილი (moloṭovis ḳokṭeili) (Georgian), Molotowcocktail [masculine] (German), Brandflasche [feminine] (German), βόμβα μολότοφ (vómva molótof) [feminine] (Greek), κοκτέιλ μολότωφ (koktéil molótof) [neuter] (Greek), κοκτέιλ μολότοφ (koktéil molótof) [neuter] (Greek), בַּקְבּוּק תַּבְעֵרָה (Hebrew), Molotov-koktél (Hungarian), bomba Molotov [feminine] (Italian), 火炎瓶 (kaenbin) (alt: かえんびん) (Japanese), ಮೊಲೊಟೊವ್ (moloṭov) (Kannada), 화염병 (hwayeombyeong) (alt: 火焰甁) (Korean), Молотовын коктейль (Molotovyn koktejlʹ) (Mongolian), کوکتل مولوتف (koktel molotof) (Persian), koktajl Mołotowa [masculine] (Polish), coquetel Molotov (Portuguese), кокте́йль Мо́лотова (koktɛ́jlʹ Mólotova) [masculine] (Russian), Molotovljev koktel (Serbo-Croatian), Molotovov koktail [masculine] (Slovak), koktajl Molotova [masculine] (Slovene), coctel molotov [masculine] (Spanish), cóctel molotov [masculine] (Spanish), bomba molotov (Spanish), molotovcocktail [common-gender] (Swedish), Molotof kokteyli (Turkish), кокте́йль Мо́лотова (koktéjlʹ Mólotova) [masculine] (Ukrainian), chai cháy (Vietnamese), צינדפֿלעשל (tsindfleshl) [neuter] (Yiddish), צינדפֿלאַש (tsindflash) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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          "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
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          "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
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          "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
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          "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
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      "sense": "bomb",
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      "word": "mollie"
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    {
      "sense": "bomb",
      "word": "petrol bomb"
    },
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      "sense": "bomb",
      "word": "Bandera smoothie"
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      "word": "Molotov"
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      "word": "Molotoff cocktail"
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      "word": "Molotov's cocktail"
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      "alt": "zujāja(t) ḥāriqa",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "زُجاجَة حَارِقَة"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "كُوكْتَيْل مُولُوتُوف"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Molotovi kokteyl",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "Մոլոտովի կոկտեյլ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "Molotov kokteyli"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kaktéjlʹ Mólatava",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кактэ́йль Мо́латава"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "koktéjl Mólotov",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кокте́йл Мо́лотов"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "còctel Molotov"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "汽油彈"
    },
    {
      "alt": "hei³ jau⁴ daan⁶⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "汽油弹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "燃燒瓶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ránshāopíng",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "燃烧瓶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Molotovův koktejl"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "molotovcocktail"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "molotovcocktail"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "brulbotelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "Molotovi kokteil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "polttopullo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "Molotovin cocktail"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "Molotovin koktaili"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cocktail Molotov"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moloṭovis ḳokṭeili",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "მოლოტოვის კოქტეილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Molotowcocktail"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Brandflasche"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vómva molótof",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "βόμβα μολότοφ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koktéil molótof",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κοκτέιλ μολότωφ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koktéil molótof",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κοκτέιλ μολότοφ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "בַּקְבּוּק תַּבְעֵרָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "Molotov-koktél"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bomba Molotov"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かえんびん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaenbin",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "火炎瓶"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "moloṭov",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "ಮೊಲೊಟೊವ್"
    },
    {
      "alt": "火焰甁",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwayeombyeong",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "화염병"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Molotovyn koktejlʹ",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "Молотовын коктейль"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "koktel molotof",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "کوکتل مولوتف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koktajl Mołotowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "coquetel Molotov"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koktɛ́jlʹ Mólotova",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кокте́йль Мо́лотова"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "Molotovljev koktel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Molotovov koktail"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koktajl Molotova"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coctel molotov"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cóctel molotov"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "bomba molotov"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "molotovcocktail"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "Molotof kokteyli"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "koktéjlʹ Mólotova",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кокте́йль Мо́лотова"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "word": "chai cháy"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsindfleshl",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "צינדפֿלעשל"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsindflash",
      "sense": "simple incendiary bomb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "צינדפֿלאַש"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Molotov cocktail"
}

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