archery

English

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Etymology

From Old French archerie, from archier (“archer”). See archer.

Pronunciation

arch·er·y (arch"er*y)

• enPR: ärchərē, IPA: /ɑɹtʃəɹiː/, /ɑːtʃəɹiː/, X-SAMPA: /ArtS@ri:/, /A:tS@ri:/

Noun

archery (countable and uncountable; plural archeries)

1. (uncountable) The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
2. (countable) A group of archers.

Related terms

• archer
• bowman
• bowmanship
• toxophilite

Translations

the practice

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 箭術 (cmn), 箭术 (cmn) (jiànshù), 射箭 (cmn) (shèjiàn)

• Czech: lukostřelba (cs) f
• Danish: bueskydning (da) c
• Dutch: boogschieten (nl) n
• Estonian: vibusport (et)
• Ewe: aŋutrɔdada n
• Finnish: jousiammunta (fi)
• French: tir à l'arc (fr) m
• Georgian: მშვილდოსნობა (ka) (mšvildosnoba)
• German: Bogenschießen (de) n
• Greek: τοξοβολία (el) (toxovolía) f
• Hungarian: íjászat (hu)
• Indonesian: panahan (id)
• Italian: tiro con l'arco (it) n

• Japanese: 弓道 (ja) (きゅうどう, kyūdō); アーチェリー (ja) (ācherī)
• Maltese: dwell (mt)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: تیراندازی با کمان (fa)
• Polish: łucznictwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: arco-e-flecha (pt) m
• Russian: стрельба из лука (ru) (strel'bá iz lúka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: boghadaireachd (gd) f
• Slovak: lukostrelectvo (sk) n
• Slovene: lokostrelstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: arquería (es) f, tiro al arco (es) m
• Swedish: bågskjutning (sv) n
• Telugu: విలువిద్య (viluvidya)
• Turkish: okçuluk (tr)
• Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: saethyddiaeth (cy) f

a group of archers