pellet

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French pelote ‎(“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila ‎(“ball”).

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɛlɪt

NounEdit

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. 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).

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

ice pellet pellet drum pellet gun

pellet moulding pellet stove

TranslationsEdit

A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter

• Catalan: pèl·let (ca) m
• Dutch: balletje (nl), propje (nl)
• Finnish: pelletti
• French: granule (fr)

• Persian: حبه (fa) ‎(habbe)
• Portuguese: sedimento (pt)
• Tagalog: kamil

A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns

• Catalan: perdigó m
• Dutch: kogeltje (nl), hagelkorrel
• Finnish: luoti (fi)
• French: plomb (fr) m
• Persian: ساچمه (fa) ‎(sʌt͡ʃme(h))

• Portuguese: pelota de chumbo, chumbinho (projétil)
• Scottish Gaelic: peilear m
• Tagalog: kamil
• Yup'ik: kal'ciissaaq

Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls

• Dutch: uilebal
• Finnish: oksennuspallo

• French: pelote (fr)
• Spanish: egagrópila (es) f

VerbEdit

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

1. To form into pellets
2. To strike with pellets

SynonymsEdit

• (to form into pellets) pelletize

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FinnishEdit

NounEdit

pellet

1. plural of pelle

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GermanEdit

VerbEdit

pellet

1. Second-person plural subjunctive I of pellen.

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

pellet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of pellō

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

pellet m ‎(plural pellets)

1. pellet (projectile)