projectile

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɹəˈdʒɛk.taɪl/

Noun

Wikipedia 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

• Asturian: proyeutil (ast) m
• Catalan: projectil (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: střela (cs) f, projektil (cs) m
• Finnish: ammus (fi)
• French: projectile (fr) m
• Galician: proxectil (gl) m
• German: Projektil (de) n, Geschoss (de) n
• Greek: βλήμα (el) (vlíma) n 

• Hebrew: קליע (he) (kalia) m
• Japanese: 発射体 (ja) (はっしゃたい, hasshatai)
• Polish: pocisk (pl)
• Portuguese: projéctil (pt) m
• Quechua: piqwana (qu)
• Romanian: proiectil (ro) n
• Russian: снаряд (ru) (snarjád) m , пуля (ru) (púlja) f  (bullet), стрела (ru) (strelá) f  (arrow)
• Scottish Gaelic: peilear (gd) m, urchair (gd) f
• Spanish: proyectil (es) m
• Swedish: projektil (sv) c

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• Dutch: projectiel n
• Finnish: ammus
• German: Projektil n, Geschoß n
• Hungarian: lövedék

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.

   projectile motion

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