different between pesticide vs dicofol

English

Etymology

pest +? -i- +? -cide.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?st?sa?d/
• (General American) enPR: p?s?t?-s?d', IPA^(key): /?p?st???sa?d/
• Hyphenation: pes?ti?cide

Noun

pesticide (plural pesticides)

1. Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
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Related terms

• pest
• pesticidal
• fungicide
• germicide
• herbicide

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• septicide

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed, probably from English pesticide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s.ti?si.d?/
• Hyphenation: pes?ti?ci?de
• Rhymes: -id?

Noun

pesticide m or n (plural pesticides or pesticiden)

1. pesticide

See also

• landbouwgif

French

Etymology

peste +? -cide

Pronunciation

Noun

pesticide m (plural pesticides)

1. pesticide

Italian

Adjective

pesticide

1. feminine plural of pesticida

English

Noun

dicofol (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An organochlorine pesticide and miticide, chemically related to DDT and especially effective against the red spider mite.