Molotov cocktail
See also: molotov cocktail
English
Alternative forms
- Molotoff cocktail
- molotov cocktail
- Molotov's cocktail
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).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɒ.ləˌtɒf ˈkɒk.teɪl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ləˌtɔv ˈkɔk.tei.jəl/
Noun
Molotov cocktail (plural Molotov cocktails)
- 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.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Molotov cocktail.
Synonyms
- (bomb): mollie (informal), petrol bomb
- Molotov, molotov
Related terms
Translations
simple incendiary bomb
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References
D. L. Gold (1996), “Etymology and Etiology in the Study of Proper Nouns, Eponymous Lexemes, and Possibly Eponymous Lexemes”, in Onomastica: pismo poświęcone nazewnictwu geograficznemu i osobowemu oraz innym nazwom własnym, v 41, pp 109–38.
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