projectile

projectile

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin prōiectilis (“projectile”), from Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth; extend; expel”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛktʌɪl/, /pɹə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛktɪl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛk.taɪl/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛk.tl̩/

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• Hyphenation: pro‧ject‧ile

Noun

projectile (plural projectiles)

1. an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
2. (physics) any object propelled through space by the application of a force.

Translations

object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon

Armenian: արկ (hy) (ark), ռումբ (hy) (ṙumb), գնդակ (hy) (gndak) Asturian: proyeutil m Azerbaijani: mərmi (az), güllə (az) Bulgarian: снаряд (bg) m (snarjad), куршум m (kuršum) Catalan: projectil (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 拋射物／抛射物 (zh) (pāoshèwù), 發射體／发射体 (fāshètǐ) Czech: střela (cs) f, projektil m Dutch: projectiel (nl) Finnish: ammus (fi) French: projectile (fr) m Galician: proxectil m Georgian: ჭურვი (č̣urvi), ტყვია (ṭq̇via) German: Projektil (de) n, Geschoss (de) n Greek: βλήμα (el) n (vlíma) Hebrew: קליע‎ (he) m (kalia) Hungarian: lövedék (hu) Indonesian: proyektil (id) Italian: proiettile (it) m, munizione (it) f Japanese: 発射体 (はっしゃたい, hasshatai), 発射物 (hasshabutsu, hasshamono) Korean: 발사물 (balsamul) Polish: pocisk (pl) Portuguese: projétil (pt) m Romanian: proiectil (ro) n Russian: снаря́д (ru) m (snarjád), пу́ля (ru) f (púlja) (bullet), стрела́ (ru) f (strelá) (arrow) Scottish Gaelic: peilear m, urchair f Spanish: proyectil (es) m Swedish: projektil (sv) c

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Dutch: projectiel (nl) n Hungarian: lövedék (hu)

See also

• missile
• rocket

Adjective

projectile (not comparable)

1. Projecting or impelling forward.

   a projectile force; a projectile weapon

2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.
   • 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], 1st Irish edition, Dublin: […] S. Powell, for George Risk, […], George Ewing, […], and William Smith, […], OCLC 756901661:

     A free and strong Projectile Motion of the Blood must occasion a florid Appearance upon the Skin in such Constitutions

Derived terms

• projectile vomiting

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ʒɛk.til/

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Noun

projectile m (plural projectiles)

1. projectile

Further reading

• “projectile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.