noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɪnˈsɛk.tɪˌsaɪd/
General-American:/ɪnˈsɛk.təˌsaɪd/
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CMU ARPABET:IH2 N S EH1 K T AH0 S AY2 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of various substances used to kill insects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pesticide, substance, stuff
2
noun
Meaning 2
a chemical used to kill insects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insect powder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pesticide
Narrower terms: pyrethrum, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, DDT, larvacide, lead arsenate, lindane, Malathion, organophosphate, parathion, Paris green, rotenone
History
Etymology
From French insecticide, as insect + -icide.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
միջատասպան
(miǰataspan)
— A substance used to kill insects
Catalan:
insecticida
— A substance used to kill insects
Chinese Mandarin:
殺蟲劑 /杀虫剂
(shāchóngjì)
— A substance used to kill insects
Czech:
insekticid
— A substance used to kill insects
Dutch:
insecticide
— A substance used to kill insects
Faroese:
skordýratýnari
— A substance used to kill insects
Finnish:
hyönteismyrkky
— A substance used to kill insects
French:
insecticide
— A substance used to kill insects
Galician:
insecticida
— A substance used to kill insects
German:
Insektengift
— A substance used to kill insects
German:
Insektizid
— A substance used to kill insects
Greek:
εντομοκτόνο
(entomoktóno)
— A substance used to kill insects
Hindi:
कीटनाशक
(kīṭnāśak)
— A substance used to kill insects
Hungarian:
rovarirtó
— A substance used to kill insects
Indonesian:
insektisida
— A substance used to kill insects
Irish:
feithidicíd
— A substance used to kill insects
Irish:
feithidnimh
— A substance used to kill insects
Italian:
insetticida
— A substance used to kill insects
Japanese:
殺虫剤
(satchūzai)
— A substance used to kill insects
Kazakh:
жәндікжойғы
(jändıkjoiğy)
— A substance used to kill insects
Korean:
살충제
(salchungje)
— A substance used to kill insects
Latin:
insecticida
— A substance used to kill insects
Malay:
insektisid
— A substance used to kill insects
Mongolian:
шавжны хор
(šavžny xor)
— A substance used to kill insects
Mongolian:
ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠵᠢᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠣᠣᠷᠠ
(sibaǰin-ü qoor-a)
— A substance used to kill insects
Navajo:
chʼosh bee yigání
— A substance used to kill insects
Norwegian Bokmål:
insektmiddel
— A substance used to kill insects
Norwegian Nynorsk:
insektmiddel
— A substance used to kill insects
Persian:
حشرهکش
(hašare-keš)
— A substance used to kill insects
Polish:
środek owadobójczy
— A substance used to kill insects
Portuguese:
inseticida
— A substance used to kill insects
Romanian:
insecticid
— A substance used to kill insects
Russian:
инсектици́д
(insekticíd)
— A substance used to kill insects
Spanish:
insecticida
— A substance used to kill insects
Swahili:
dawa ya wadudu
— A substance used to kill insects
Swedish:
insektsgift
— A substance used to kill insects
Tagalog:
pamatay-kulisap
— A substance used to kill insects
Thai:
ยาฆ่าแมลง
(yaa-kâa-má-lɛɛng)
— A substance used to kill insects
Tibetan:
འབུ་སྨན
('bu sman)
— A substance used to kill insects
Turkish:
insektisit
— A substance used to kill insects
