javelin

English

Etymology

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From Middle English [Term?], from Old French javelline, diminutive of javelot, diminutive of *javel, from Vulgar Latin *gabalus, from Gaulish gabulum (compare Old Irish gabul (“fork”), Welsh gafl), from Proto-Celtic *gablā (“fork, forked branch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-. The Old French term was also borrowed into Middle Low German as gaveline, and into Middle High German as gabilot. Cognate with gavelock, gaffle.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jăv'lǐn, IPA^(key): /ˈdʒævlɪn/, /ˈdʒævəlɪn/
• Rhymes: -ævlɪn

Noun

javelin (plural javelins)

1. A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
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     Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, / Launched by the vigour of a Roman arm?

2. A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.

Derived terms

• javelineer
• javelinier

Translations

spear used as a weapon

• Armenian: նիզակ (hy) (nizak), աշտե (hy) (ašte)
• Bulgarian: копие (bg) n (kopie)
• Catalan: javelina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標槍／标枪 (zh) (biāoqiāng), 标枪 (zh) (biāoqiāng)

• Czech: oštěp (cs) m
• Danish: spyd (da) n, kastespyd n
• Dutch: speer (nl)
• Esperanto: ĵetlanco
• Finnish: keihäs (fi), heittokeihäs
• French: javelot (fr) m

  Middle French: javeline f

• Galician: xavelina f, bofordo m, bafordo m, ascuma f, azagaia f, venabre m
• Georgian: ოროლი (oroli), ჰოროლი (horoli)
• German: Speer (de) m
• Greek: ακόντιο (el) n (akóntio)

  Ancient: ἀκόντιον n (akóntion)

• Ido: javelino (io)
• Indonesian: lembing (id)
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• Italian: giavellotto (it)
• Japanese: 投げ槍 (なげやり, nageyari), やり (ja) (yari)
• Latin: pīlum, verūtum
• Latvian: šķēps m
• Lithuanian: akstis m
• Macedonian: џилит m (džilit)
• Malay: lembing
• Maori: mākoi, tārerarera
• Old French: javelot m, dart m
• Persian: زوبین (fa) (zubin), نیزه (fa) (neyze)
• Polish: oszczep (pl) m
• Portuguese: dardo (pt)
• Romanian: suliță (ro) f
• Russian: дро́тик (ru) m (drótik), копьё (ru) n (kopʹjó)
• Slovene: kopje (sl) n
• Spanish: jabalina (es) f
• Swedish: spjut (sv) n
• Tagalog: balibabat, habalina
• Tajik: зӯпин (züpin)
• Turkish: cirit (tr), mızrak (tr), kargı (tr)

spear used in athletic competition

• Bulgarian: копие (bg) n (kopie)
• Catalan: javelina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標槍／标枪 (zh) (biāoqiāng), 标枪 (zh) (biāoqiāng)

• Czech: oštěp (cs) m
• Danish: spyd (da) n
• Dutch: speer (nl)
• Esperanto: ĵetlanco
• Finnish: keihäs (fi)
• French: javelot (fr) m
• Galician: xavelina f
• Georgian: ხელშუბი (xelšubi), სატყორცნი შუბი (saṭq̇orcni šubi)
• German: Speer (de) m
• Greek: ακόντιο (el) n (akóntio)

  Ancient: ἀκόντιον n (akóntion)

• Hungarian: gerely (hu)
• Ido: javelino (io)
• Indonesian: lembing (id)
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• Japanese: ジャベリン (jaberin), 槍 (ja) (やり, yari)
• Latvian: šķēps m
• Lithuanian: akstis m, ietis m
• Macedonian: копје n (kopje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: spyd (no) n

  Nynorsk: spyd n, spjut n

• Persian: نیزه (fa) (neyze)
• Polish: oszczep (pl) m
• Portuguese: dardo (pt) m
• Romanian: suliță (ro) f
• Russian: копьё (ru) n (kopʹjó)
• Slovak: oštep m
• Slovene: kopje (sl) n
• Spanish: jabalina (es) f
• Swedish: spjut (sv) n
• Tagalog: balibabat, habalina
• Turkish: cirit (tr)

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• (deprecated template usage) Hebrew: כידון (he) (kidon)
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• (deprecated template usage) Korean: 창 (ko) (chang)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} koplje (sh)

Verb

javelin (third-person singular simple present javelins, present participle javelining, simple past and past participle javelined)

1. (transitive) To pierce with a javelin.

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See also

• discus
• hammer