obus
See also: OBUs, obús, and obüs
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French obus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoː.bʏs/, /oːˈbʏs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: obus
- Rhymes: -ʏs
Noun
obus m (plural obussen, diminutive obusje n)
- (Belgium, military) An artillery shell, particularly one from the First World War.
French
FWOTD – 30 September 2019
Etymology
From German Haubitze, from Czech houfnice (“catapult”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.by/, /o.by/
Audio (file)
Noun
obus m (plural obus)
- (military) shell (cylindrical projectile)
- 2011 September 22, "Une Libye aux allures d'hécatombe", L'Obs.
- Une rafale d’obus de mortiers est tombée près du poste médical. Panique.
- A volley of mortar shells have fallen near the medical post. Panic.
- 2011 September 22, "Une Libye aux allures d'hécatombe", L'Obs.
Derived terms
- obusier (“howitzer”)
Descendants
- → Catalan: obús
- → Dutch: obus
- → Ottoman Turkish: اوبوز, اوبوس (obüs)
- Turkish: obüs
- → Portuguese: obus
- → Romanian: obuz
- → Spanish: obús
Further reading
- “obus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- bous
Portuguese
Etymology
From French obus (“shell”), from German Haubitze (“howitzer”), from Czech houfnice (“catapult”), from houf (“throng”), from Old High German houf (“heap”), from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈbu(j)s/ [oˈbu(ɪ̯)s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /oˈbu(j)ʃ/ [oˈbu(ɪ̯)ʃ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈbuʃ/ [ɔˈβuʃ]
- Hyphenation: o‧bus
Noun
obus m (plural obuses)
- howitzer
Related terms
- granada, morteiro, canhão, artilharia
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- opus
Etymology
From Latin opus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈobus/, [ˈoː.β̞u.zŭ]
Noun
obus m (plural obos)
- work (of art, litarature...), deed, accomplishment