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A highly cytotoxic vesicant, C4H8Cl2S, used in World War I that is known to cause skin burns, blisters, inflammation, edema, and potentially other respiratory effects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mustard agent, blistering agent, dichloroethyl sulfide, sulfur mustard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: poison gas, vesicant, vesicatory
Calque of German Senfgas.
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
yperiet
— vesicant gas
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Afrikaans:
mosterdgas
— vesicant gas
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Arabic:
غاز الخردل
— vesicant gas
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Armenian:
իպրիտ
(iprit)
— vesicant gas
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Azerbaijani:
iprit
— vesicant gas
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Basque:
ziape-gas
— vesicant gas
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Breton:
iperit
— vesicant gas
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Breton:
gaz moustard
— vesicant gas
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Bulgarian:
иприт
(iprit)
— vesicant gas
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Bulgarian:
горчичен газ
(gorčičen gaz)
— vesicant gas
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Catalan:
gas mostassa
— vesicant gas
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Catalan:
mostassa sulfurada
— vesicant gas
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Chinese Cantonese:
芥子氣 /芥子气
(gaai3 zi2 hei3)
— vesicant gas
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Chinese Mandarin:
芥子氣 /芥子气
(jièzǐqì)
— vesicant gas
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Chinese Mandarin:
芥子毒氣 /芥子毒气
(jièzǐ dúqì)
— vesicant gas
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Czech:
yperit
— vesicant gas
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Czech:
hořčičný plyn
— vesicant gas
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Danish:
sennepsgas
— vesicant gas
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Dutch:
mosterdgas
— vesicant gas
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Dutch:
yperiet
— vesicant gas
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Esperanto:
iperito
— vesicant gas
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Esperanto:
mustarda gaso
— vesicant gas
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Estonian:
ipriit
— vesicant gas
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Estonian:
sinepigaas
— vesicant gas
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Finnish:
sinappikaasu
— vesicant gas
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French:
gaz moutarde
— vesicant gas
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French:
ypérite
— vesicant gas
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Galician:
gas mostaza
— vesicant gas
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Georgian:
მდოგვის გაზი
(mdogvis gazi)
— vesicant gas
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Georgian:
მდოგვის აირი
(mdogvis airi)
— vesicant gas
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Georgian:
იპრიტი
(iṗriṭi)
— vesicant gas
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German:
Senfgas
— vesicant gas
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German:
Gelbkreuz
— vesicant gas
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German:
Lost
— vesicant gas
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Greek:
αέριο μουστάρδας
(aério moustárdas)
— vesicant gas
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Hebrew:
גז חרדל
— vesicant gas
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Hindi:
मस्टर्ड गैस
(masṭarḍ gais)
— vesicant gas
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Hindi:
सल्फर मस्टर्ड
(salphar masṭarḍ)
— vesicant gas
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Hungarian:
mustárgáz
— vesicant gas
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Hungarian:
kén-mustár
— vesicant gas
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Icelandic:
sinnepsgas
— vesicant gas
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Indonesian:
yperit
— vesicant gas
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Irish:
gás mustaird
— vesicant gas
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Italian:
iprite
— vesicant gas
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Japanese:
マスタードガス
(masutādo gasu)
— vesicant gas
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Kazakh:
иприт
(iprit)
— vesicant gas
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Korean:
머스터드 황
(meoseuteodeu hwang)
— vesicant gas
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Korean:
머스터드 가스
(meoseuteodeu gaseu)
— vesicant gas
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Northern Kurdish:
gaza xerdelî
— vesicant gas
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Kyrgyz:
иприт
(iprit)
— vesicant gas
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Latin:
ypertium
— vesicant gas
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Latin:
gasum sinapis
— vesicant gas
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Latvian:
iprīts
— vesicant gas
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Lithuanian:
ipritas
— vesicant gas
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Macedonian:
иперит
(iperit)
— vesicant gas
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Norwegian:
sennepsgass
— vesicant gas
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Occitan:
gas mostarda
— vesicant gas
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Persian:
گاز خردل
— vesicant gas
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Polish:
gaz musztardowy
— vesicant gas
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Polish:
iperyt siarkowy
— vesicant gas
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Portuguese:
gás mostarda
— vesicant gas
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Portuguese:
iperita
— vesicant gas
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Punjabi:
مسٹرڈ گیس
(msṭrḍ ges)
— vesicant gas
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Romanian:
iperită
— vesicant gas
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Romanian:
gaz muștar
— vesicant gas
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Russian:
горчичный газ
(gorčičnyj gaz)
— vesicant gas
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Russian:
иприт
(iprit)
— vesicant gas
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Serbo-Croatian:
ипѐрӣт
— vesicant gas
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Serbo-Croatian:
iperit
— vesicant gas
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Slovak:
yperit
— vesicant gas
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Slovene:
iperit
— vesicant gas
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Slovene:
gorčični plin
— vesicant gas
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Spanish:
gas mostaza
— vesicant gas
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Swedish:
senapsgas
— vesicant gas
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Tamil:
கடுகுவாயு
(kaṭukuvāyu)
— vesicant gas
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Turkish:
iperit
— vesicant gas
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Turkish:
hardal gazı
— vesicant gas
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Ukrainian:
іприт
(ipryt)
— vesicant gas
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Welsh:
nwy mwstard
— vesicant gas
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West Flemish:
yperiet
— vesicant gas
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West Flemish:
mosterdgas
— vesicant gas
