noun, feminine/i.pe.ʁit/plural: ypérites
mustard gas
Related: ypériter
Formed as Ypres + -ite, so named because the gas was first used at Ypres in 1917 during the First World War.
/i.pe.ʁit/
mustard gas
Related: ypériter
Formed as Ypres + -ite, so named because the gas was first used at Ypres in 1917 during the First World War.