katapult

See also: Katapult

Czech

Alternative forms

• katapulta

Etymology

From Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatapult]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧pult

Noun

katapult m inan (relational adjective katapultový)

1. catapult

Declension

Declension of katapult (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	katapult	katapulty
genitive	katapultu	katapultů
dative	katapultu	katapultům
accusative	katapult	katapulty
vocative	katapulte	katapulty
locative	katapultu	katapultech
instrumental	katapultem	katapulty

Further reading

• “katapult”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “katapult”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “katapult”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Etymology

From Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs).

Noun

katapult c (singular definite katapulten, plural indefinite katapulter)

1. a catapult

Inflection

Declension of katapult

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	katapult	katapulten	katapulter	katapulterne
genitive	katapults	katapultens	katapulters	katapulternes

Further reading

• “katapult” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French catapulte, from Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs).

Pronunciation

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Noun

katapult m (plural katapulten, diminutive katapultje n)

1. catapult
2. slingshot

Descendants

• → Indonesian: katapel
• Javindo: katepul
• Petjo: kattapul, kattepul, kattapil, kartepil, kattepil

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs).

Noun

katapult m (definite singular katapulten, indefinite plural katapulter, definite plural katapultene)

1. a catapult

Derived terms

• katapultsete

References

• “katapult” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “katapult” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs).

Noun

katapult m (definite singular katapulten, indefinite plural katapultar, definite plural katapultane)

1. a catapult

Derived terms

• katapultsete

References

• “katapult” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /katǎpult/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧pult

Noun

katàpult m inan (Cyrillic spelling ката̀пулт)

1. catapult

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /katapult/, [ˈkatapult]
• Rhymes: -apult
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧pult

Noun

katapult m inan (relational adjective katapultový)

1. catapult

Declension

Declension of katapult
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	katapult	katapulty
genitive	katapultu	katapultov
dative	katapultu	katapultom
accusative	katapult	katapulty
locative	katapulte	katapultoch
instrumental	katapultom	katapultmi

Further reading

• “katapult”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Swedish

Noun

katapult c

1. a catapult

Declension

Declension of katapult

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	katapult	katapults
	definite	katapulten	katapultens
plural	indefinite	katapulter	katapulters
	definite	katapulterna	katapulternas

Derived terms

• katapultstol (“ejection seat, ejector seat”)

See also

• kastmaskin

References

• “katapult”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “katapult”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “katapult”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)