archery

English

Etymology

From Middle English archerie, from Old French archerie, from archier (“archer”). Equivalent to archer +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

enPR: ärchərē, IPA^(key): /ɑɹt͡ʃəɹiː/, /ɑːt͡ʃəɹiː/
Audio (RP) (file)
Hyphenation: arch‧er‧y

Noun

archery (countable and uncountable, plural archeries)

(uncountable) The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
(countable) A group of archers.

Derived terms

archery tag
para-archery

Related terms

archer

Translations

the practice

Afrikaans: boogskiet (af), boogskut
Catalan: tir amb arc m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 箭術／箭术 (jiànshù), 射箭 (zh) (shèjiàn)
Czech: lukostřelba f
Danish: bueskydning c
Dutch: boogschieten (nl) n
Estonian: vibusport
Ewe: aŋutrɔdada n
Finnish: jousiammunta (fi)
French: tir à l'arc (fr) m, archerie (fr) f
Georgian: მშვილდოსნობა (mšvildosnoba)
German: Bogenschießen (de) n
Greek: τοξοβολία (el) f (toxovolía)
Ancient: τοξεία f (toxeía)
Hindi: धनुर्विद्या (hi) f (dhanurvidyā), तीरंदाज़ी (tīrandāzī)
Hungarian: íjászat (hu)
Indonesian: panahan (id)
Italian: tiro con l'arco n
Japanese: 弓道 (ja) (きゅうどう, kyūdō); アーチェリー (ja) (ācherī)
Latvian: loka šaušana f
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Maltese: dwell
Mongolian: харваа (mn) (xarvaa)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bueskyting m or f
Nynorsk: bogeskyting f
Occitan: tir amb arc m
Persian: تیراندازی با کمان‎
Polish: łucznictwo (pl) n
Portuguese: arco-e-flecha m
Russian: стрельба́ из лу́ка f (strelʹbá iz lúka)
Scottish Gaelic: boghadaireachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стрѐлича̄рство n
Roman: strèličārstvo (sh) n
Slovak: lukostrelectvo n
Slovene: lokostrelstvo n
Spanish: arquería (es) f, tiro con arco (es) m
Swedish: bågskjutning n
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: విలువిద్య (te) (viluvidya)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: okçuluk (tr)
Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: saethyddiaeth f

a group of archers

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ryhmä jousiampujia
French: archerie (fr) f