trinitrotoluene

See also: trinitrotoluène

English

Etymology

From tri- +‎ nitro- +‎ toluene.

Noun

trinitrotoluene (plural trinitrotoluenes)

1. A highly explosive yellow crystalline substance, (CH₃C₆H₂(NO₂)₃), obtained by reacting nitric acid with toluene

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, subseded the previous trinitrotoluolo. Compare tritolo.

Noun

trinitrotoluene m (plural trinitrotolueni)

1. (organic chemistry) trinitrotoluene