trinitrotoluene

See also: trinitrotoluène

English

Etymology

From tri- +‎ nitro- +‎ toluene.

Pronunciation

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Noun

trinitrotoluene (countable and uncountable, plural trinitrotoluenes)

A highly explosive yellow crystalline substance, (CH₃C₆H₂(NO₂)₃), obtained by reacting nitric acid with toluene.
Alternative form: TNT (initialism)

Synonym: tolite

Derived terms

TNT

Translations

a highly explosive yellow crystalline substance

Azerbaijani: trinitrotoluol, trotil, tol
Bulgarian: тротил (trotil)
Catalan: trinitrotoluè m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 三硝基甲苯 (zh) (sānxiāojījiǎběn)
Czech: trinitrotoluen m
Finnish: trinitrotolueeni, trotyyli (fi)
French: trinitrotoluène (fr) m
German: Trinitrotoluol (de) n
Hungarian: trinitrotoluol (hu)
Irish: trínítreatolúéin f
Italian: trinitrotoluene (it) m, tritolo (it) m
Japanese: トリニトロトルエン (torinitorotoruen)
Korean: 트라이나이트로톨루엔 (teurainaiteurotolluen)
Malay: trinitrotoluena
Mongolian: тринитротолуол (trinitrotoluol), тротил (trotil)
Polish: trotyl (pl) m
Portuguese: trinitrotolueno m
Russian: тринитротолуо́л (ru) m (trinitrotoluól), троти́л (ru) m (trotíl), тол (ru) m (tol)
Sicilian: tritolu (scn) m, trinitrutulueni m
Spanish: trinitrotolueno (es) m

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German: ^{(please verify)} Trinitrotoluol (de), ^{(please verify)} stoßunempfindlicher Sprengstoff, ^{(please verify)} TNT (de)

Italian

Etymology

From tri- +‎ nitro- +‎ toluene, superseded the previous trinitrotoluolo. Compare tritolo.

Noun

trinitrotoluene m (plural trinitrotolueni)

(organic chemistry) trinitrotoluene