Molotov cocktail

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• UK: /ˈmɒ.ləˌtɒf ˈkɒk.teɪl/
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• General-American: /ˈmɔ.ləˌtɔv ˈkɑk.teɪl/
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Calque of Finnish Molotovin koktaili. Coined in Finland during the Winter War of 1939–40 between Finland and the Soviet Union, and named after then-Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986), who claimed the bombs the Soviet Union dropped on Finland were airborne humanitarian food deliveries prompting Finns to say their firebombs were Molotov cocktails (drinks to go with his food deliveries).

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: petrolbom — simple incendiary bomb
• Afrikaans: molotofbom — simple incendiary bomb
• Arabic: زُجاجَة حَارِقَة — simple incendiary bomb
• Arabic: كُوكْتَيْل مُولُوتُوف (kuktayl molotof) — simple incendiary bomb
• Armenian: Մոլոտովի կոկտեյլ (Molotovi kokteyl) — simple incendiary bomb
• Azerbaijani: Molotov kokteyli — simple incendiary bomb
• Belarusian: кактэ́йль Мо́латава (kaktéjlʹ Mólatava) — simple incendiary bomb
• Bulgarian: кокте́йл Мо́лотов (koktéjl Mólotov) — simple incendiary bomb
• Catalan: còctel Molotov — simple incendiary bomb
• Chinese Cantonese: 汽油彈 /汽油弹 — simple incendiary bomb
• Chinese Mandarin: 燃燒瓶 /燃烧瓶 (ránshāopíng) — simple incendiary bomb
• Czech: Molotovův koktejl — simple incendiary bomb
• Danish: molotovcocktail — simple incendiary bomb
• Dutch: molotovcocktail — simple incendiary bomb
• Esperanto: brulbotelo — simple incendiary bomb
• Estonian: Molotovi kokteil — simple incendiary bomb
• Finnish: polttopullo — simple incendiary bomb
• Finnish: Molotovin cocktail — simple incendiary bomb
• Finnish: Molotovin koktaili — simple incendiary bomb
• French: cocktail Molotov — simple incendiary bomb
• Georgian: მოლოტოვის კოქტეილი (moloṭovis ḳokṭeili) — simple incendiary bomb
• German: Molotowcocktail — simple incendiary bomb
• German: Brandflasche — simple incendiary bomb
• Greek: βόμβα μολότοφ (vómva molótof) — simple incendiary bomb
• Greek: κοκτέιλ μολότωφ (koktéil molótof) — simple incendiary bomb
• Greek: κοκτέιλ μολότοφ (koktéil molótof) — simple incendiary bomb
• Hebrew: בַּקְבּוּק תַּבְעֵרָה — simple incendiary bomb
• Hungarian: Molotov-koktél — simple incendiary bomb
• Italian: bomba Molotov — simple incendiary bomb
• Japanese: 火炎瓶 (kaenbin) — simple incendiary bomb
• Japanese: 火炎びん (kaenbin) — simple incendiary bomb
• Kannada: ಮೊಲೊಟೊವ್ (moloṭov) — simple incendiary bomb
• Korean: 화염병 (hwayeombyeong) — simple incendiary bomb
• Latvian: degpudele — simple incendiary bomb
• Lithuanian: Mòlotovo koktei̇̃lis — simple incendiary bomb
• Lithuanian: padegamàsis bùtelis — simple incendiary bomb
• Mongolian: Молотовын коктейль (Molotovyn koktejlʹ) — simple incendiary bomb
• Persian: کوکتل مولوتف (koktel molotof) — simple incendiary bomb
• Polish: koktajl Mołotowa — simple incendiary bomb
• Portuguese: coquetel Molotov — simple incendiary bomb
• Russian: кокте́йль Мо́лотова (koktɛ́jlʹ Mólotova) — simple incendiary bomb
• Serbo-Croatian: Molotovljev koktel — simple incendiary bomb
• Slovak: Molotovov koktail — simple incendiary bomb
• Slovene: koktajl Molotova — simple incendiary bomb
• Spanish: cóctel molotov — simple incendiary bomb
• Spanish: bomba molotov — simple incendiary bomb
• Swedish: molotovcocktail — simple incendiary bomb
• Turkish: Molotof kokteyli — simple incendiary bomb
• Ukrainian: кокте́йль Мо́лотова (koktéjlʹ Mólotova) — simple incendiary bomb
• Vietnamese: chai cháy — simple incendiary bomb
• Yiddish: צינדפֿלעשל (tsindfleshl) — simple incendiary bomb
• Yiddish: צינדפֿלאַש (tsindflash) — simple incendiary bomb