javelin

English

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Etymology

Middle English, from Old French javelline, diminutive of javelot, from Celtic *gablakko- (Old Irish gabul, Welsh gafl). Also borrowed into Middle Low German as gaveline, and into Middle High German as gabilot.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jăv'lən, IPA: /ˈdʒævlən/, X-SAMPA: /"dZ{vl@n/
• Rhymes: -ævlən

Noun

javelin (plural javelins)

1. A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
   • Addison

     Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, / Launched by the vigour of a Roman arm?

2. A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.

Derived terms

• javelineer
• javelinier

Translations

spear used as a weapon

• Armenian: նիզակ (hy) (nizak), աշտե (hy) (ašte)
• Catalan: javelina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標槍 (cmn), 标枪 (cmn) (biāoqiāng)

• Czech: oštěp (cs) m
• Dutch: speer (nl)
• Esperanto: ĵetlanco (eo)
• Finnish: keihäs (fi)
• French: javelot (fr) m

  Middle French: javeline f

• Galician: xavelina (gl) f
• German: Speer (de) m
• Greek: ακόντιο (el) (akóntio) n

• Indonesian: lembing (id)
• Italian: giavellotto (it)
• Japanese: 投げ槍 (ja) (なげやり, nageyari), やり (ja) (yari)
• Latin: pilum (la), verutum (la)
• Macedonian: џилит (mk) (džílit) m
• Malay: lembing (ms)
• Old French: javelot m, dart m
• Portuguese: dardo (pt)
• Russian: дротик (ru) (drótik) m, копьё (ru) (kopʹjó) n
• Slovene: kopje (sl) n
• Spanish: jabalina (es) f
• Turkish: cirit (tr)

spear used in athletic competition

• Catalan: javelina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標槍 (cmn), 标枪 (cmn) (biāoqiāng)

• Czech: oštěp (cs) m
• Esperanto: ĵetlanco (eo)
• Finnish: keihäs (fi)
• French: javelot (fr) m
• Galician: xavelina (gl) f
• German: Speer (de) m

• Greek: ακόντιο (el) (akóntio) n
• Indonesian: lembing (id)
• Japanese: ジャベリン (ja) (jaberin), 槍 (ja) (やり, yari)
• Macedonian: копје (mk) (kópje) n
• Portuguese: dardo (pt) m
• Russian: копьё (ru) (kopʹjó) n
• Slovene: kopje (sl) n
• Spanish: jabalina (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• French: javelot m
• German: Speer m

• Hebrew: כידון (kidon)
• Korean: 창 (chang)
• Serbo-Croatian: koplje

Verb

javelin (third-person singular simple present javelins, present participle javelining, simple past and past participle javelined)

1. (transitive) To pierce with a javelin.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Tennyson to this entry?)

See also

• discus
• hammer