missile
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin missilis (“that may be thrown”), neuter missile (“a weapon to be thrown, a javelin”), in plural missilia (“presents thrown among the people by the emperors”), from mittere (“to send”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK): IPA: /ˈmɪsaɪl/, SAMPA: /"mIsaIl/
- Rhymes: -ɪsaɪl
- (US): enPR: mĭsʹīl, IPA: /ˈmɪsaɪl/, SAMPA: /"mIsaIl/ or enPR: mĭsʹəl, IPA: /ˈmɪsəl/, SAMPA: /"mIs@l/
- Rhymes: -ɪsaɪl, -ɪsəl
[edit] Noun
missile (plural missiles)
- An object intended to be launched into the air at a target.
- (military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after having been launched.
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[edit] Translations
object to be launched
self-propelled, guidable projectile
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- missile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- missile in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] French
[edit] Noun
missile m. (plural missiles)
[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
missile m. (plural missili)
[edit] Adjective
missile m. and f. (m and f plural missili)
- missile (attributive)
[edit] Latin
[edit] Adjective
missile
