DDT

English

Etymology 1

Noun

DDT (usually uncountable, plural DDTs)

1. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (“compound originally developed as an insecticide”)

Etymology 2

Various theories; see DDT (professional wrestling).

Noun

DDT (plural DDTs)

1. (professional wrestling) a move where a wrestler puts another wrestler into a standing front face lock and then falls backwards, driving the recipient's head into the floor.

Anagrams

• DTD, TDD

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.de.te/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

DDT m (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of dichlorodiphényltrichloroéthane.

Spanish

Noun

DDT m (uncountable)

1. DDT (chemical compound)

Further reading

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