Molotowcocktail
التعريفات والمعاني
== German ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Molotow-Cocktail
=== Etymology ===
From Molotow (surname of Vyacheslav Molotov) + Cocktail, a calque of Finnish Molotovin koktaili. Coined during the Winter War (1939/40) and first attested in German in the early 1940s.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.lo.tɔfˌkɔk.tɛɪ̯l/, /-teːl/
=== Noun ===
Molotowcocktail m (strong, genitive Molotowcocktails, plural Molotowcocktails)
Molotov cocktail
Synonyms: Brandflasche f, Benzinbombe f
=== Further reading ===
“Molotowcocktail” in Duden online
“Molotowcocktail”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)