detonator

== English == === Etymology === From detonate +‎ -or. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛt.ə.neɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛtn̩eɪ.tə(ɹ)/ === Noun === detonator (plural detonators) A device used to detonate an explosive device etc. Synonyms: fuze, (inexact) fuse (rail transport, UK) A small explosive device attached to the railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it. Synonym: torpedo (US) (archaic) Any explosive whose action is practically instantaneous. (obsolete) A gun fired by a percussion cap. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== detonate detonation ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (device for detonating explosives): blasting cap === Anagrams === denotator, rattooned, tetraodon == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [detoˈnæːtʌ] === Noun === detonator c (singular definite detonatoren, plural indefinite detonatorer) detonator (device used to detonate an explosive device) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “detonator” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Probably borrowed from English detonator. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌdeː.toːˈnaː.tɔr/ Hyphenation: de‧to‧na‧tor Rhymes: -aːtɔr === Noun === detonator m (plural detonators, diminutive detonatortje n) detonator ==== Related terms ==== detoneren ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: detonator == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch detonator, from English detonator. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /detoˈnatɔr/ [de.t̪oˈna.t̪ɔr] Rhymes: -atɔr Syllabification: de‧to‧na‧tor === Noun === detonator (plural detonator-detonator) detonator: a device used to detonate an explosive device etc ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “detonator”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Verb === dētonātor second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dētonō == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French détonateur. By surface analysis, detonacja +‎ -ator. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɛ.tɔˈna.tɔr/ Rhymes: -atɔr Syllabification: de‧to‧na‧tor === Noun === detonator m inan detonator (a device used to detonate an explosive device etc.) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “detonator”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French détonateur. === Noun === detonator n (plural detonatoare) detonator ==== Declension ====