detonator

English

Etymology

From detonate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛt.ə.neɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛtn̩eɪ.tə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Three types of detonators for detonating explosive devices

In rail transport a detonator is an explosive device that provides an audible warning

detonator (plural detonators)

1. A device used to detonate an explosive device etc.
2. (rail transport, UK) A small explosive device attached to the railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
   • 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: The Slough Derailment”, in Trains Illustrated, page 132:

     Warning messages were relayed to the signalmen at Slough East and Dolphin Junction boxes with such celerity that the up main signals were replaced to danger in front of the express before it finally stopped. The signalman at Dolphin Junction just had time to replace the down main signals and pull the emergency lever to lay detonators in front of the fast approaching 7 p.m. Paddington-Reading train.

3. (archaic) Any explosive whose action is practically instantaneous.
4. (obsolete) A gun fired by a percussion cap.

Synonyms

• (rail transport): torpedo (US)

Derived terms

• microdetonator
• pencil detonator

Related terms

• detonate
• detonation

Translations

device used to detonate an explosive device

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
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• Asturian: detonador m
• Belarusian: дэтана́тар m (detanátar)
• Bulgarian: детона́тор (bg) m (detonátor), запалка (bg) f (zapalka)
• Catalan: detonador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雷管 (zh) (léiguǎn)

• Czech: rozbuška f, detonátor m
• Danish: detonator c
• Dutch: detonator (nl) m, ontsteker (nl) m
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• Finnish: sytytin (fi)
• French: détonateur (fr) m, capsule fulminante f
• Galician: detonador m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Zünder (de) m
• Hindi: विस्फोटक (hi) m (visphoṭak)
• Hungarian: detonátor (hu), gyutacs (hu), gyújtó (hu), gyújtószerkezet (hu)
• Italian: detonatore (it) m
• Japanese: 雷管 (ja) (らいかん, raikan)
• Korean: 뇌관 (noegwan)
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• Polish: detonator (pl) m
• Portuguese: detonador (pt) m
• Romanian: detonator (ro)
• Russian: детона́тор (ru) m (detonátor), ка́псюль-детона́тор (ru) m (kápsjulʹ-detonátor), запа́л (ru) m (zapál)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: detonador m
• Swedish: detonator (sv) c
• Tagalog: pandiklap
• Turkish: fünye (tr)
• Ukrainian: детона́тор m (detonátor), підривни́к m (pidryvnýk)

rail transport: small explosive warning device

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 響墩 / 响墩 (zh) (xiǎngdūn)

• Czech: třaskavka f
• Russian: железнодоро́жная пета́рда f (železnodoróžnaja petárda), пета́рда (ru) f (petárda)

See also

• (device for detonating explosives): blasting cap

Anagrams

• denotator, rattooned, tetraodon

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [detoˈnæːtʌ]

Noun

detonator c (singular definite detonatoren, plural indefinite detonatorer)

1. detonator (device used to detonate an explosive device)

Declension

Declension of detonator

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	detonator	detonatoren	detonatorer	detonatorerne
genitive	detonators	detonatorens	detonatorers	detonatorernes

Further reading

• “detonator” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English detonator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdeː.toːˈnaː.tɔr/

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• Hyphenation: de‧to‧na‧tor
• Rhymes: -aːtɔr

Noun

detonator m (plural detonators, diminutive detonatortje n)

1. detonator

Related terms

• detoneren

Descendants

• → Indonesian: detonator

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch detonator, from English detonator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪et̪oˈnat̪ɔr]
• Hyphenation: dé‧to‧na‧tor

Noun

detonator, détonator (plural)

1. detonator: a device used to detonate an explosive device etc.

Derived terms

• detonator pemicu

Further reading

• “detonator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Verb

dētonātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dētonō

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French détonateur. By surface analysis, detonacja +‎ -ator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ.tɔˈna.tɔr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: de‧to‧na‧tor

Noun

detonator m inan

1. detonator (a device used to detonate an explosive device etc.)

Declension

Declension of detonator

	singular	plural
nominative	detonator	detonatory
genitive	detonatora	detonatorów
dative	detonatorowi	detonatorom
accusative	detonator	detonatory
instrumental	detonatorem	detonatorami
locative	detonatorze	detonatorach
vocative	detonatorze	detonatory

Derived terms

(noun):

• antydetonator

Related terms

(adjective):

• detonacyjny

(nouns):

• detonacja
• detonator
• detonometr

(verbs):

• detonować
• zdetonować

Further reading

• detonator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French détonateur.

Noun

detonator n (plural detonatoare)

1. detonator

Declension

Declension of detonator

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	detonator	detonatorul		detonatoare	detonatoarele
genitive-dative	detonator	detonatorului		detonatoare	detonatoarelor
vocative	detonatorule			detonatoarelor