insecticide
UK/ɪnˈsɛk.tɪˌsaɪd//ɪnˈsɛk.təˌsaɪd/
insecticide noun: any of various substances used to kill insects.
Noun
insecticide (countable and uncountable, plural insecticides)
- Any of various substances used to kill insects.
- The dried seed powder of custard apple (Annona squamosa L; family: Annonaceae) has been used as an insecticide in India and many other tropical countries since ancient times.2009, Handbook of Pesticides: Methods of Pesticide Residues Analysis, →ISBN
insecticide meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
insecticide in Hindi
- A substance used to kill insects
- कीटनाशक kīṭnāśak
insecticide in Tamil
- பூச்சிக்கொல்லி, பூச்சிவிரட்டி, பூச்சிநாசினி
insecticide in Urdu
- کیڑے مارنے کی دوا
insecticide in Malayalam
- കൃമിവധം, കൃമിനാശിനി, കീടനാശകൗഷധം, പ്രാണിനാശക ഔഷധം
More languagesFewer languages
- insecticide in Kannada
- ಪೂಚಿಯಳಿಕ
- insecticide in Gujarati
- જંતુનાશક jantunāśak
- insecticide in Tagalog
- pamatay-kulisap
- insecticide in Malay
- insektisid
- insecticide in Indonesian
- insektisida
- insecticide in Persian
- حشرهکش hašare-keš
- insecticide in Thai
- ยาฆ่าแมลง yaa-kâa-má-lɛɛng
Examples of insecticide in a sentence
- Temefos is an organophosphorus insecticide used to control mosquito, midge, and black-fly larvae in lakes, ponds, and wetland habitats.
- "Although effective in degrading pesticides with P-O bonds, washing of the vegetables sprayed with the thiolester organophosphate insecticide malathion with the enzyme did not yield any improved degradation."
- " Diazinon is an insecticide and acaricide with stomach poison and contact activity. It has a wide range of pest-control applications and has long residual effects."
Forms of insecticide
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Origin of insecticide
From French insecticide, as insect + -icide.
Words formed from insecticide
Questions about insecticide
- What does insecticide mean?
- Insecticide means any of various substances used to kill insects.
- What is insecticide in Hindi?
- Insecticide in Hindi is कीटनाशक (kīṭnāśak). See Insecticide meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is insecticide?
- Insecticide is a noun.
- How do you pronounce insecticide?
- Insecticide is pronounced /ɪnˈsɛk.tɪˌsaɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of insecticide?
- The plural of insecticide is insecticides.
Words near insecticide in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: insecticide (page history and authors); insecticide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insecticide (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insecticide (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insecticide (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); જંતુનાશક (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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