intercontinental ballistic missile

English

Alternative forms

• ICBM (initialism)

Etymology

intercontinental +‎ ballistic missile

Noun

intercontinental ballistic missile (plural intercontinental ballistic missiles)

1. (military, astronautics) A class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads.

Translations

a class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads (ICBM)

• Belarusian: междуконтинентална балистична ракета (mježdukóntinjentalna balistična rakjeta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洲際彈道導彈／洲际弹道导弹 (zh) (zhōujì dàndào dǎodàn)

• Finnish: mannertenvälinen ballistinen ohjus
• French: missile balistique intercontinental m
• German: Interkontinentalrakete (de) f, Langstreckenrakete (de) f
• Irish: diúracán balaistíoch idirilchríochach
• Japanese: 大陸間弾道ミサイル (たいりくかんだんどうミサイル, tairiku kan dandō misairu)
• Korean: 대륙 간 탄도 유도탄(大陸間彈道誘導彈) (daeryuk gan tando yudotan), 대륙 간 탄도(大陸間彈道) 미사일 (daeryuk gan tando misail)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: тив хоорондох баллистик пуужин (tiv xoorondox ballistik puužin)

• Polish: międzykontynentalny pocisk balistyczny m
• Russian: межконтинента́льная баллисти́ческая раке́та f (mežkontinentálʹnaja ballistíčeskaja rakéta), МБР (ru) f (MBR)
• Ukrainian: міжконтинента́льна балісти́чна раке́та f (mižkontynentálʹna balistýčna rakéta)