napalm

Formed from na(phthenic) palm(itic) acid, the two original components of the substance.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪ.pɑːm/, /ˈneɪ.pɑlm/

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napalm (usually uncountable, plural napalms)

1. A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas. [from 1942^[1]]
   • 2013 April 1, Robert M. Neer, “PARIAH”, in Napalm: An American Biography‎^[1], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 140:

     A trio of needle-nosed silver Phantom jets descended from the clouds and dropped a colossal load of napalm on the jungle. Flames turned the screen red and orange. Silence followed.
     “You smell that?” Kilgore said, almost to himself. Then, louder, “You smell that?” Lance, the champion surfer, asked “What?” Kilgore, lit by the glow of burning trees, retorted, “Napalm, son—nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed for 12 hours, and when it was all over I walked up; we didn’t find one of ’em … not one stinking dink body. But the smell—you know, that gasoline smell—the whole hill—it smelled like … victory.”

2. (figurative) Anything very incendiary; dynamite.

   When leaked, the controversial documents proved to be political napalm.

   sexual napalm

napalm (third-person singular simple present napalms, present participle napalming, simple past and past participle napalmed)

1. (transitive) To spray or attack with napalm. [from 1950^[1]]

• nam pla

Borrowed from English napalm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.pɑlm/

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• Hyphenation: na‧palm

napalm m or n (uncountable)

1. napalm

• napalm on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

From English napalm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑpɑlm/, [ˈnɑ̝pɑ̝lm]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑlm
• Syllabification^(key): na‧palm
• Hyphenation^(key): na‧palm

napalm

1. napalm

• “napalm”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Borrowed from English napalm. First attested in 1953.^[1]

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napalm m (uncountable)

1. napalm

• “napalm”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from English napalm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.palm/

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• Rhymes: -apalm
• Syllabification: na‧palm

napalm m inan (related adjective napalmowy)

1. napalm (highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary, especially in wooded areas)

• napalm in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• napalm in PWN's encyclopedia

• napalme (uncommon)

Unadapted borrowing from English napalm. First attested in 1945.

• Rhymes: -awmi, -almɨ

napalm m (usually uncountable, plural napalms)

1. napalm (inflammable, viscous substance used in warfare)
   • 1945 September 30, Hanson Baldwin, “Prova definitiva da superioridade da produção industrial em massa”, in O Jornal, volume XXVII, number 7800, Rio de Janeiro, page x, column 2:

     Novas armas e equipamento, desenhadas e aperfeiçoadas para fazer frente ás necessidades no Pacífico, tambem tornaram possivel a consecução de muitas vitorias. Todavia, sómente algumas dessas armas podem ser mencionadas: / O torpedo gigante, dirigido á eletricidade, com detonador magnético, por acustica ou por contacto; a bomba Napalm, de gasolina gelatinosa, com detonador; […]

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   • 1983, Robertinho de Recife, Zé Ramalho, “Napalm” (1:05 from the start), in Orquídea Negra‎^[3] (LP), performed by Zé Ramalho, Rio de Janeiro: Epic:

     Nesses dias que temos pela frente / A qualquer hora um napalm pode lhe acertar

     /naˈpawm/

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   • 2025 January 16, Jorge Marin, “Napalmirinha? Sem querer, influencer ensina a fazer Napalm em casa”, in TecMundo‎^[4], São Paulo: NZN, archived from the original on 16 January 2025:

     Um vídeo publicado recentemente no TikTok como uma dica caseira está agitando as redes sociais porque, ao divulgar um método para acender fogão a lenha e tapar buraco no telhado, a tiktoker Dany Felix ensinou, sem querer, uma explosiva receita de um dos agentes incendiários mais famosos do mundo, o napalm.

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• “napalm”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “napalm”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “napalm”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “napalm”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Borrowed from French napalm.

napalm n (uncountable)

1. napalm

Borrowed from English napalm.

• IPA^(key): /nǎpalm/
• Hyphenation: na‧palm

nàpalm m inan (Cyrillic spelling на̀палм)

1. napalm

Borrowed from English napalm.

• IPA^(key): /naˈpalm/ [naˈpalm]
• Rhymes: -alm
• Syllabification: na‧palm

napalm m (uncountable)

1. napalm

• “napalm”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

napalm c

1. napalm

• napalm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• napalm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

From French napalm.

• Hyphenation: na‧palm

napalm (definite accusative napalmı, plural napalmlar)

1. (chemistry) napalm

• “napalm”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu