Molotov cocktail

molotov cocktail English Alternative forms en Molotoff cocktail molotov cocktail Molotov's cocktail Etymology en fi 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), who claimed the bombs the Soviet Union dropped on Finland were airborne humanitarian food deliveries prompting Finns to say their firebombs were Molotov cocktails (drinks to go with his food deliveries). Pronunciation en /ˈmɒ.ləˌtɒf ˈkɒk.teɪl/ 1 UK en /ˈmɔ.ləˌtɔv ˈkɑk.teɪl/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Molotov cocktail.wav US Noun 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. en Dan Cody What Is Dogequest? Website Exposes Tesla Owners' Personal Data w:Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/dogequest-tesla-elon-musk-doxxing-website-2046920 2025-03-19 The site, which appears in the wake of anti-Elon Musk protests across the country, displays names, addresses, and phone numbers of Tesla owners on an interactive map and uses an image of a Molotov cocktail as its cursor. In one incident in Las Vegas, an individual dressed in black used Molotov cocktails to ignite five Tesla vehicles at a service center. https://web.archive.org/web/20250406095320/https://www.newsweek.com/dogequest-tesla-elon-musk-doxxing-website-2046920 6 April 2025 Quotations en Synonyms bomb en mollie informal, en petrol bomb, en Bandera smoothie en Molotov, en molotov Related terms en Molotov breadbasket Translations simple incendiary bomb Afrikaans: af petrolbom, af molotofbom Arabic: ar زُجاجَة حَارِقَة f, ar كُوكْتَيْل مُولُوتُوف m kuktayl molotof Armenian: hy Մոլոտովի կոկտեյլ Azerbaijani: az Molotov kokteyli Belarusian: be кактэ́йль Мо́латава m Bulgarian: bg кокте́йл Мо́лотов m Catalan: ca còctel Molotov m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 汽油彈 Mandarin: cmn 燃燒瓶 ránshāopíng Czech: cs Molotovův koktejl m Danish: da molotovcocktail c Dutch: nl molotovcocktail m Esperanto: eo brulbotelo Estonian: et Molotovi kokteil Finnish: fi polttopullo, fi Molotovin cocktail, fi Molotovin koktaili French: fr cocktail Molotov m Georgian: ka მოლოტოვის კოქტეილი German: de Molotowcocktail m, de Brandflasche f Greek: el βόμβα μολότοφ f, el κοκτέιλ μολότωφ n, el κοκτέιλ μολότοφ n Hebrew: he בַּקְבּוּק תַּבְעֵרָה Hungarian: hu Molotov-koktél Italian: it bomba Molotov f Japanese: ja 火炎瓶 かえんびん, kaenbin, ja 火炎びん かえんびん, kaenbin Kannada: kn ಮೊಲೊಟೊವ್ Korean: ko 화염병(火焰甁) Latvian: lv degpudele f Lithuanian: lt Mòlotovo kokteĩlis m, lt padegamàsis bùtelis m Mongolian: mn Молотовын коктейль Persian: fa کوکتل مولوتف koktel molotof Polish: pl koktajl Mołotowa m Portuguese: pt coquetel Molotov Russian: ru кокте́йль Мо́лотова m koktɛ́jlʹ Mólotova Serbo-Croatian: sh Molotovljev koktel Slovak: sk Molotovov koktail m Slovene: sl koktajl Molotova m Spanish: es cóctel molotov m, es bomba molotov f Swedish: sv molotovcocktail c Thai: th Turkish: tr Molotof kokteyli Ukrainian: uk кокте́йль Мо́лотова m Vietnamese: vi chai cháy Yiddish: yi צינדפֿלעשל n, yi צינדפֿלאַש f 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. Further reading en eponyms en Explosives Weapons