"tabun" meaning in English

See tabun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From German, a code name. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|de|-}} German Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tabun (uncountable)
  1. (organic chemistry, military) An extremely toxic nerve gas; a clear, tasteless liquid, with the molecular formula C₅H₁₁N₂O₂P. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: GA Hypernyms: anticholinesterase, nitrile, organophosphinate Translations (toxic nerve gas): 塔崩 (tǎbēng) (Chinese Mandarin), Tabun (German), tabun [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tabun-en-noun-nz0-0UCz Categories (other): Military, Organic compounds, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Weapons Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 25 5 15 15 7 7 8 2 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 2 27 27 18 2 2 1 10 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 35 4 10 10 5 5 4 1 26 Disambiguation of Weapons: 58 42 Topics: chemistry, government, military, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: tabuns [plural], taboon [alternative], taboun [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic طَابُون (ṭābūn). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|ar:طَابُون|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "طَابُون", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tabun", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="tabun"> Borrowed from Arabic طَابُون (ṭābūn). Head templates: {{en-noun}} tabun (plural tabuns)
  1. A clay oven, shaped like a truncated cone, with an opening at the bottom for stoking the fire.
    Sense id: en-tabun-en-noun-uIbAjIch Categories (other): Poisons Disambiguation of Poisons: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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