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/

  • Audio (US):

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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 or thrown through space by the application of a force, such as strong wind.

Derived terms

• projectile point
• projectile vomit
• projectile-vomit

 

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)
• Belarusian: знара́д m (znarád), снара́д m (snarád), ку́ля f (kúlja) (bullet), страла́ f (stralá) (arrow)
• Bulgarian: снаря́д (bg) m (snarjád), куршу́м m (kuršúm) (bullet), стрела́ (bg) f (strelá) (arrow)
• 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: קָלִיעַ (he) f (kalía)
• 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)
• Latvian: šāviņš m
• Malay: luncuran, lontaran (ms)
• Polish: pocisk (pl) m
• 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
• Ukrainian: снаря́д m (snarjád), ку́ля f (kúlja) (bullet), стріла́ f (strilá) (arrow)

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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:

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

Derived terms

• projectile vomiting

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ʒɛk.til/

• Audio:

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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.