artillery

English

Etymology

From Middle English artillerie, from Old French artillerie.

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

artillery (countable and uncountable, plural artilleries)

1. Large projectile weapons, transportable and usually operated by more than one person; usually various types of cannon, but rocket artillery also exists.
2. An army unit that uses such weapons.
3. Gunnery.

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4. (archaic) A military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Samuel 20:40:

     And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad.

Derived terms

• artillery fungus
• artillery mold
• artillery wheel
• nuclear artillery
• rocket artillery
• tube artillery

Translations

weapon

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

  Cantonese: 火炮 (fo² paau³)

  Mandarin: 火炮 (zh) (huǒpào)

• Czech: dělo (cs) n
• Dutch: geschut (nl) n, artillerie (nl) f
• Finnish: tykistö (fi)
• French: artillerie (fr) f
• Galician: artillería f
• German: Artillerie (de) f
• Greek: πυροβόλο (el) n (pyrovólo) (pyrovólo)
• Hungarian: tüzérség (hu)

• Ido: kanono (io)
• Irish: airtléire f
• Italian: artiglieria (it) f
• Japanese: 大砲 (ja) (たいほう, taihō)
• Korean: 대포 (ko) (daepo)
• Macedonian: артиле́рија f (artilérija)
• Maori: mīhini turaki
• Norman: artill'lie f (Jersey)
• Polish: artyleria (pl) f
• Portuguese: artilharia (pt)
• Romanian: artilerie (ro) f
• Russian: артилле́рия (ru) f (artillérija)
• Spanish: artillería (es) f
• Swedish: artilleri (sv)
• Ukrainian: артилерія (uk) f (artylerija)
• Welsh: magnelau f pl, magnelaeth f
• 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)
• Galician: artillaría f
• German: Geschützwesen n, Artillerie (de) f
• Greek: πυροβολικό (el) n (pyrovolikó) (pyrovolikó)
• Hungarian: tüzérség (hu)
• Ido: artilrio (io)

• Irish: airtléire f
• 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: артиле́рија f (artilérija)
• Norman: artill'lie f (Jersey)
• Polish: artyleria (pl) f
• 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

• Galician: artillaría f
• Greek: πυροβολική (el) f (pyrovolikí)
• Macedonian: артиле́рија f (artilérija)
• Russian: артилле́рия (ru) f (artillérija)
• Welsh: magnelaeth f

References

• artillery at OneLook Dictionary Search
• artillery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.