artillery

English

Etymology

Middle English artillerie, from Old French artillerie.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈtɪləɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈtɪləɹi/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

artillery (plural artilleries)

1. Large cannon like weapons, transportable and usually operated by more than one person.
   • Bible, 1 Sam. xx. 40

     And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad.

2. An army unit that uses such weapons.
3. Gunnery.

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

Translations

weapon

• Albanian: artileri (sq)
• Bulgarian: артилерия (bg) (artilerija)
• Catalan: artilleria (ca) f
• Chinese: 火炮 (huǒpào)
• Finnish: tykistö
• German: Artillerie (de) f
• Greek: πυροβόλο (el) n (pyrovólo) (pyrovólo)
• Hungarian: tüzérség (hu)

• Italian: artiglieria (it) f
• Japanese: 大砲 (たいほう, taihō)
• Macedonian: артилерија f (artilérija)
• Portuguese: artilharia (pt)
• Russian: артиллерия (ru) f (artillérija)
• Spanish: artillería (es) f
• Swedish: artilleri (sv)
• Yiddish: האַרמאַט m (harmat)

army unit

• Albanian: artileri (sq)
• Bulgarian: артилерия (bg) (artilerija)
• Catalan: artilleria (ca) f
• Chinese: 炮兵部队 (pàobīng bùduì)
• Czech: dělostřelectvo (cs) n, artilerie f
• Finnish: tykistö
• German: Artillerie (de) f
• Greek: πυροβολικό (el) n (pyrovolikó) (pyrovolikó)

• Hungarian: tüzérség (hu)
• Italian: artiglieria (it) f
• Japanese: 砲兵隊 (ほうへいたい, hōheitai)
• Macedonian: артилерија f (artilérija)
• Portuguese: artilharia (pt)
• Russian: артиллерия (ru) f (artillérija)
• Spanish: artillería (es) f
• Swedish: artilleri (sv)

gunnery (science)

• Albanian: artileri (sq)
• Bulgarian: артилерия (bg) (artilerija)
• Catalan: artilleria (ca) f
• Finnish: tykistöoppi

• Greek: πυροβολική (el) f (pyrovolikí) (pyrovolikí)
• Macedonian: артилерија f (artilérija)
• Russian: артиллерия (ru) f (artillérija)