trinitrotoluene
noun
trinitrotoluene is spelled T-R-I-N-I-T-R-O-T-O-L-U-E-N-E: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trinitrotoluene means “A highly explosive yellow crystalline substance, (CH₃C₆H₂(NO₂)₃), obtained by reacting nitric acid with toluene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trinitrotoluene is trinitrotoluenes.
How many letters and syllables are in trinitrotoluene?
| Letters | 15: T-R-I-N-I-T-R-O-T-O-L-U-E-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is trinitrotoluene?
Trinitrotoluene appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce trinitrotoluene?
- US
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: Trinitrotoluene-pronunciation.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-trinitrotoluene.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-trinitrotoluene.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of trinitrotoluene
- trinitrotoluenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trinitrotoluene mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A highly explosive yellow crystalline substance, (CH₃C₆H₂(NO₂)₃), obtained by reacting nitric acid with toluene.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate trinitrotoluene?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of trinitrotoluene: TNT.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trinitrotoluene in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a highly explosive yellow crystalline substance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | trinitrotoluène |
| German | Trinitrotoluol |
| Portuguese | trinitrotolueno |
| Spanish | trinitrotolueno |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does trinitrotoluene come from?
From tri- + nitro- + toluene.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).