artillerie

See also: Artillerie

Dutch

Alternative forms

• artillerij (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch artillerie, from Middle French artillerie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑr.tɪ.ləˈri/

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• Hyphenation: ar‧til‧le‧rie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

artillerie f (plural artillerieën)

1. artillery
   1. (collective) artillery weapons
   2. the division of an army specialised in artillery weapons

Synonyms

• geschut

Derived terms

• artillerieafdeling
• artilleriegeschut
• artilleriemeester
• artillerieofficier
• artilleriesoldaat
• artilleriestuk
• artillerietrein
• luchtartillerie
• scheepsartillerie
• veldartillerie

 

Related terms

• artillerist

Descendants

• Afrikaans: artillerie
• → Indonesian: artileri
• Petjo: artjerie

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.tij.ʁi/

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Noun

artillerie f (plural artilleries)

1. artillery

Derived terms

• artillerie lourde

Related terms

• artilleur

Descendants

• → Russian: артиллерия (artillerija), артилле́рія (artillérija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Azerbaijani: artilleriya
  • → Crimean Tatar: artilleriya
  • → Georgian: არტილერია (arṭileria)
• → Spanish: artillería

Further reading

• “artillerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.