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

• Arabic: مِدْفَعِيّة ‎(midfaʿiyya)
• Albanian: artileri (sq)
• Armenian: հրետանի (hy) ‎(hretani)
• Bulgarian: артилерия (bg) ‎(artilerija)
• Catalan: artilleria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 火炮 ‎(fo² paau³)

  Mandarin: 火炮 (zh) ‎(huǒpào)

• Dutch: geschut (nl) n, artillerie (nl) f
• Finnish: tykistö (fi)
• German: Artillerie (de) f
• Greek: πυροβόλο (el) n ‎(pyrovólo) (pyrovólo)
• Hungarian: tüzérség (hu)

• Ido: kanono (io)
• Italian: artiglieria (it) f
• Japanese: 大砲 (ja) ‎(たいほう, taihō)
• Korean: 대포 (ko) ‎(daepo)
• Macedonian: артилерија f ‎(artilérija)
• Portuguese: artilharia (pt)
• Romanian: artilerie (ro) f
• Russian: артилле́рия (ru) f ‎(artillérija)
• Spanish: artillería (es) f
• Swedish: artilleri (sv)
• Ukrainian: артилерія (uk) f ‎(artylerija)
• Yiddish: האַרמאַט m ‎(harmat), אַרטילעריע f ‎(artilerye)

army unit

• Albanian: artileri (sq)
• Armenian: հրետանի (hy) ‎(hretani)
• Belarusian: гармацтва n ‎(harmactva)
• Bulgarian: артилерия (bg) ‎(artilerija)
• Catalan: artilleria (ca) f
• Chinese: 炮兵部队 (pàobīng bùduì)
• Czech: dělostřelectvo (cs) n, artilerie (cs) f
• Finnish: tykistö (fi)
• German: Geschützwesen n, Artillerie (de) f
• Greek: πυροβολικό (el) n ‎(pyrovolikó) (pyrovolikó)
• Hungarian: tüzérség (hu)

• Ido: artilrio (io)
• Italian: artiglieria (it) f
• Japanese: 砲兵隊 (ja) ‎(ほうへいたい, hōheitai)
• Latin: res tormentaria f, tormenta (la) n pl; ^{(please verify)} artillaria f, ^{(please verify)} artilleria f
• Macedonian: артилерија f ‎(artilérija)
• Portuguese: artilharia (pt)
• Romanian: artilerie (ro) f
• Russian: артилле́рия (ru) f ‎(artillérija)
• Spanish: artillería (es) f
• Swedish: artilleri (sv)
• Ukrainian: артилерія (uk) f ‎(artylerija)

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: артилле́рия (ru) f ‎(artillérija)