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English

Etymology

Coined by Nobel, the inventor. Ultimately from Ancient Greek ??????? (dúnamis, “power”) +? -ite, possibly under the influence of dynamo or dynamic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?n?ma?t/

Noun

dynamite (usually uncountable, plural dynamites)

1. A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting; invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867.
2. (informal, proscribed) A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT)
3. (figuratively, slang, uncountable) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
   • 2016, Kit Moulton, Annabella (page 108)

     That girl was dynamite. Dark hair with killer blue eyes, bronze skin, and an exquisite full-figured body.

     He warned us: "That issue about what's been happening at that factory, is political dynamite. Keep the lid on it."

Synonyms

• nitro

Translations

Verb

dynamite (third-person singular simple present dynamites, present participle dynamiting, simple past and past participle dynamited)

1. To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.
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Translations

See also

• cordite

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.na.mit/
• Homophones: dynamitent, dynamites

Verb

dynamite

1. first-person singular present indicative of dynamiter
2. third-person singular present indicative of dynamiter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of dynamiter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of dynamiter
5. second-person singular imperative of dynamiter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin torp?d? (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpe? (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) +? -?d? (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”).

Cognate with Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek ??????? (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic ??????? (trupeti).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??(?)?pi?.d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t???pi.do?/
• Hyphenation: tor?pe?do
• Rhymes: -i?d??

Noun

torpedo (plural torpedoes or torpedos)

1. An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
   • 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men:

     The man has been changed into an artificial monster by the station in which he is born, and the consequent homage that benumbed his faculties like the torpedo's touch […] .

2. (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
   1. (science fiction) A similar projectile that can travel through space.
3. (regional) A submarine sandwich.
4. (archaic, military) A naval mine.
5. (obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo.
6. (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
7. (rail transport, US) A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
8. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
9. An automobile with a torpedo body.
10. (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A woman's shoe with a pointed toe. [1910s]
11. (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A large breast; breast with a large nipple. [from 1960s]
12. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
    1. A thick marijuana cigarette. [1940s]
    2. A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine. [from 1980s]

Synonyms

• (sandwich): see sub
• (rail transport): detonator (UK)
• (an explosive underwater projectile): torp (abbreviation), fish

Derived terms

• torpedo body
• torpedo roll
• torpedo stern
• land torpedo
• spar torpedo
• torp (abbreviation)

Related terms

• torpid

Translations

Verb

torpedo (third-person singular simple present torpedoes, present participle torpedoing, simple past and past participle torpedoed)

1. To send a torpedo, usually from a submarine, that explodes below the waterline of the target ship.
2. To sink a ship with one of more torpedoes.
3. To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.

Translations

Anagrams

• optrode, pet door, toe drop, trooped

Cebuano

Etymology

From English torpedo, borrowed from Latin torp?d? (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpe? (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) +? -?d? (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tor?pe?do

Noun

torpedo

1. (military) a torpedo; a cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin torp?d? (“a torpedo fish”), from torp?d? (“numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpe? (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) and -d? (“noun suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”), see also Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek ??????? (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic ??????? (trupeti)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?r?pe?.do?/
• Hyphenation: tor?pe?do

Noun

torpedo f or m (plural torpedo's, diminutive torpedootje n)

1. A torpedo (projectile adapted for underwater use).
2. (dated) A low-lying streamlined car.

Derived terms

• torpedoboot

Related terms

• torpederen

Finnish

Alternative forms

• torpeedo (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?torpe(?)do/, [?t?o?rpe?(?)do?]
• Rhymes: -orpedo
• Syllabification: tor?pe?do

Noun

torpedo

1. torpedo (self-propelled cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater)

Declension

Derived terms

• torpedoida
• torpedovene

Italian

Noun

torpedo f (invariable)

1. tourer (motorcar)

See also

• torpedine

Anagrams

• deporto, deportò

Latin

Etymology

torpe? (“I am stiff or numb”) +? -?d?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tor?pe?.do?/, [t??r?pe?d?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tor?pe.do/, [t??r?p??d??]

Noun

torp?d? f (genitive torp?dinis); third declension

1. lethargy, inertness, sluggishness
2. torpedo fish

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• torpedo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• torpedo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• torpedo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin torpedo, via English torpedo or German Torpedo

Noun

torpedo m (definite singular torpedoen, indefinite plural torpedoer, definite plural torpedoene)

1. a torpedo

Derived terms

• torpedere

References

• “torpedo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin torpedo, via English torpedo or German Torpedo

Noun

torpedo m (definite singular torpedoen, indefinite plural torpedoar, definite plural torpedoane)

1. a torpedo

Derived terms

• torpedere

References

• “torpedo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin torp?d? (“a torpedo fish”), from torp?d? (“numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpe? (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) and -d? (“noun suffix”). Compare torpor.

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /to?.?pe.do/

Noun

torpedo m (plural torpedos)

1. torpedo (submarine weapon)
2. (Brazil) SMS (a text message sent on a cell phone)

Related terms

• torpedagem, torpedear, torpedeamento, torpedeiro

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torp??do/
• Hyphenation: tor?pe?do

Noun

torpédo m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. torpedo

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin torp?d? (“a torpedo fish”).

Pronunciation

Noun

torpedo m (plural torpedos)

1. torpedo (fish)

   Synonyms: raya torpedo, raya negra, raya eléctrica

2. torpedo (weapon)

Derived terms

• lanzatorpedos
• cazatorpedos
• torpedear

Further reading

• “torpedo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.