projectile

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin prōiectilis (“projectile”), from Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth; extend; expel”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛktʌɪl/, /pɹə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛktɪl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈdʒɛk.taɪl/, /pɹəˈdʒɛk.tl̩/

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• Hyphenation: pro‧ject‧ile

Noun

projectile (plural projectiles)

1. an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
2. (physics) any object propelled through space by the application of a force.

Translations

object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon

• Armenian: արկ (hy) (ark), ռումբ (hy) (ṙumb), գնդակ (hy) (gndak)
• Asturian: proyeutil m
• Azerbaijani: mərmi (az), güllə (az)
• Bulgarian: снаряд (bg) m (snarjad), куршум m (kuršum)
• Catalan: projectil (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拋射物 (zh), 抛射物 (zh) (pāoshèwù), 發射體, 发射体 (fāshètǐ)

• Czech: střela (cs) f, projektil m
• Dutch: projectiel (nl)
• Finnish: ammus (fi)
• French: projectile (fr) m
• Galician: proxectil m
• Georgian: ჭურვი (č̣urvi), ტყვია (ṭq̇via)
• German: Projektil (de) n, Geschoss (de) n

• Greek: βλήμα (el) n (vlíma)
• Hebrew: קליע‎ (he) m (kalia)
• Hungarian: lövedék (hu)
• Indonesian: proyektil (id)
• Italian: proiettile (it) m, munizione (it) f
• Japanese: 発射体 (はっしゃたい, hasshatai)
• Korean: 발사물 (balsamul)
• Polish: pocisk (pl)
• Portuguese: projétil (pt) m
• Romanian: proiectil (ro) n
• Russian: снаря́д (ru) m (snarjád), пу́ля (ru) f (púlja) (bullet), стрела́ (ru) f (strelá) (arrow)
• Scottish Gaelic: peilear m, urchair f
• Spanish: proyectil (es) m
• Swedish: projektil (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: projectiel (nl) n

• Hungarian: lövedék (hu)

See also

• missile
• rocket

Adjective

projectile (not comparable)

1. Projecting or impelling forward.

   a projectile force; a projectile weapon

2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.
   • 1730, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments

     A free and strong Projectile Motion of the Blood must occasion a florid Appearance upon the Skin in such Constitutions

Derived terms

• projectile vomiting

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ʒɛk.til/

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Noun

projectile m (plural projectiles)

1. projectile

Further reading

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