artillerie
See also: Artillerie
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- artillerij (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch artillerie, from Middle French artillerie.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
artillerie f (plural artillerieën)
- artillery
- (collective) artillery weapons
- the division of an army specialised in artillery weapons
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Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: artillerie
- → Indonesian: artileri
- Petjo: artjerie
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French artillerie (“collection of military engins, crossbows, lances, etc.”), from artillier (“to equip, provide with contraptions”), alteration of atiller (“to arrange, adjust, put on clothes or, especially, pieces of armour”) (influenced by art), itself from a Vulgar Latin *apticlāre < *apticulāre, from Latin aptāre (“to make capable”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
artillerie f (plural artilleries)
Derived terms edit
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Descendants edit
- → Russian: артиллерия (artillerija), артилле́рія (artillérija)
- → Azerbaijani: artilleriya
- → Georgian: არტილერია (arṭileria)
- → Spanish: artillería
Further reading edit
- “artillerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.