pellet

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛlɪt/
• 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. 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

Derived terms

• ice pellet
• pellet drum
• pellet gun

• pellet moulding
• pellet stove

Descendants

• → Catalan: pèl·let

Translations

A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter

• Catalan: pèl·let (ca) m
• Dutch: balletje (nl), propje (nl)
• Finnish: pelletti (fi)
• French: granule (fr)
• Maori: hāmoamoa
• Persian: حبه‎ (fa) (habbe)

• Portuguese: sedimento (pt)
• Russian: окатыш (ru) m (okátyš)
• Slovak: granula f
• Tagalog: kamil
• Ukrainian: окаток m (okátok)

A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns

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

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

Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls

• Dutch: uilebal
• Finnish: oksennuspallo (fi)
• French: pelote (fr)

• German: Gewölle (de)
• Spanish: egagrópila (es) f

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

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Finnish

Noun

pellet

1. Nominative plural form of pelle.

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German

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)