pellet

See also: pèl·let

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pelote, pelet, from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”). Doublet of pelota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛlɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlɪt

Noun

pellet (plural pellets)

1. A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

   a pellet of wood, paper, or ore

2. A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
3. Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
4. (heraldry) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).
5. One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.

Derived terms

• ice pellet
• pellet drum
• pellet gun
• pellet moulding
• pellet stove

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: pèl·let

Translations

A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter

• Bulgarian: топче (bg) n (topče)
• Catalan: pèl·let (ca) m
• Dutch: balletje (nl) n, propje (nl) n, pellet (nl) m
• Finnish: pelletti (fi)
• French: granule (fr)
• Hindi: ढेला (hi) m (ḍhelā)
• Maori: hāmoamoa
• Persian: حبه‎ (fa) (habbe)
• Polish: granulka (pl) f
• Portuguese: sedimento (pt)
• Russian: ока́тыш (ru) m (okátyš)
• Slovak: granula f
• Swedish: pellet (sv) c
• Tagalog: kamil
• Ukrainian: ока́ток m (okátok)
• Welsh: pelen (cy) f, peled f

A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns

• Bulgarian: сачма f (sačma)
• Catalan: perdigó m
• Dutch: kogeltje (nl) n, hagelkorrel (nl) m
• Finnish: luoti (fi)
• French: plomb (fr) m
• Hindi: ढेला (hi) m (ḍhelā)
• Persian: ساچمه‎ (fa) (sâčme)
• Polish: śrut (pl) m
• Portuguese: pelota de chumbo m, chumbinho m
• Scottish Gaelic: peilear m
• Spanish: balín m
• Tagalog: kamil
• Welsh: peled f
• Yoruba: àhàyá
• Yup'ik: kal'ciissaaq

Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls

• Catalan: egagròpila f
• Dutch: uilenbal (nl) m, braakbal (nl) m
• Finnish: oksennuspallo (fi)
• French: pelote (fr)
• German: Gewölle (de)
• Icelandic: bollur f pl
• Portuguese: plumada f, egagrópila f
• Russian: пога́дка (ru) f (pogádka)
• Spanish: egagrópila (es) f
• Ukrainian: погадка f (pohadka)

Verb

pellet (third-person singular simple present pellets, present participle pelleting, simple past and past participle pelleted)

1. To form into pellets.

   Synonym: pelletize

2. To strike with pellets.

Further reading

• pellet at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Finnish

Noun

pellet

1. nominative plural of pelle

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

pellet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of pellen

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Latin

Verb

pellet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of pellō

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Spanish

Noun

pellet m (plural pellets)

1. pellet (projectile)