obus

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See also: OBUs, obús, and obüs

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French obus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈoː.bʏs/, /oːˈbʏs/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: obus
  • Rhymes: -ʏs

Noun[edit]

obus m (plural obussen, diminutive obusje n)

  1. (Belgium, military) An artillery shell, particularly one from the First World War.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Haubitze, from Czech houfnice (catapult).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

obus m (plural obus)

  1. (military) shell (cylindrical projectile)
    • 2011 September 22, “Une Libye aux allures d'hécatombe”, in L'Obs:
      Une rafale d’obus de mortiers est tombée près du poste médical. Panique.
      A volley of mortar shells have fallen near the medical post. Panic.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: obús
  • Dutch: obus
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوبوز, اوبوس (obüs)
  • Portuguese: obus
  • Romanian: obuz
  • Spanish: obús

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French obus (shell), from German Haubitze (howitzer), from Czech houfnice (catapult), from houf (throng), from Old High German houf (heap), from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: o‧bus

Noun[edit]

obus m (plural obuses)

  1. howitzer

Related terms[edit]

Sardinian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin opus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈobus/, [ˈoː.β̞u.zŭ]

Noun[edit]

obus m (plural obos)

  1. work (of art, litarature...), deed, accomplishment