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

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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) Basque: jaurtigai 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 (gl) m Georgian: ჭურვი (č̣urvi), ტყვია (ka) (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. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →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:

  (file)

Noun

projectile m (plural projectiles)

1. projectile

Further reading

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