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firecracker

small explosive device primarily designed to make noise
Class type of: pyrotechnic device, noisemaker Q588748

Facts

10 properties
Subclass of
pyrotechnic device, noisemaker
Has use
hooliganism[3]
Described by source
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8][9][10]
Different from
detonator[12]
Has part(s)
explosive chemicals, fuse[6][7]
Part of the observance of
New Year's Eve[14]
Partially coincident with
fireworks[11]
Permanent duplicated item
Wikidata item[13]
Said to be the same as
Knalvuurwerk[4]
Unicode character
🧨[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en cracker en banger en noise maker en firecracker en fire cracker ar المفرقعات ar مفرقعات da kanonslag de Knaller de Feuerwerkskörper de China-Böller de Böller de Knallkörper es petardo fa ترقه fr pétard he חזיז hi फटाका hu Petárda id Mercon
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Firecracker String.jpg ↗
BNCF Thesaurus ID
71909
Danbooru tag
firecrackers
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122z_qxw
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
kinaputt
IMDb keyword
firecracker
KBpedia ID
Firecracker
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
68258455
NDL Authority ID
00576813
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
14309
Topic's main category
Category:Firecrackers
WikiKids ID
Rotje
📚 Sources · 1
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Library of Congress Authorities IDP244
sh85048558 2026-10-01 ndl_authorities (pdl-1.0) as of 2026-10-01
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Source
ndl_authorities
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01 · newer edition 20261103 landed
Licence
pdl-1.0
Credit
data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)
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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 2
explosive chemicals, fuse
Has use 2
New Year's Eve, hooliganism
Subtypes 2
detonator, Piccolo
← Facet of 2
noise-induced hearing loss, Firecrackers in India
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Different from 1
detonator
← Different from 1
detonator
← FactGrid item ID 1
Pławniowice
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Summary

firecracker is a type of pyrotechnic device[1] and noisemaker[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Dipankar Das · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added [as] description: শব্দ উৎপন্ন কৰাৰ উদ্দেশ্যে নিৰ্মিত সৰু বিস্ফোৰক সামগ্ৰী"
  2. 6d ago · Swpb · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → hooliganism
    Part of the observance of → New Year's Eve
    "migrating per WikiProject Deprecate P642 : moving claims (details)"
  3. 14w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q8097 (tel)-ప్రశాంతి-బాణాసంచా.wav
    "Created claim: Pronunciation audio: LL-Q8097 (tel)-ప్రశాంతి-బాణాసంచా.wav"
  4. 17w ago · ~2026-37038-25 · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → explosive chemicals, fuse
    Different from → detonator
    Has use → hooliganism
    Topic's main category → Category:Firecrackers
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: kinaputt"
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