"projectile" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛktʌɪl/ [UK], /pɹə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛktɪl/ [UK], /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛk.taɪl/ [US], /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛk.tl̩/ [US] Audio: en-us-projectile.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin prōiectilis (“projectile”), from Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth; extend; expel”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(H)yeh₁-}}, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{m|la|prōiectilis||projectile}} prōiectilis (“projectile”), {{der|en|la|prōiectus||}} Latin prōiectus, {{m|la|prōiciō||throw forth; extend; expel}} prōiciō (“throw forth; extend; expel”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} projectile (not comparable)
  1. Projecting or impelling forward. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-projectile-en-adj-63xr9Cig Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 7 32
  2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-projectile-en-adj-MDEAVfNX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 7 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: projectile vomiting

Noun

IPA: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛktʌɪl/ [UK], /pɹə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛktɪl/ [UK], /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛk.taɪl/ [US], /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛk.tl̩/ [US] Audio: en-us-projectile.ogg [US] Forms: projectiles [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin prōiectilis (“projectile”), from Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth; extend; expel”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(H)yeh₁-}}, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{m|la|prōiectilis||projectile}} prōiectilis (“projectile”), {{der|en|la|prōiectus||}} Latin prōiectus, {{m|la|prōiciō||throw forth; extend; expel}} prōiciō (“throw forth; extend; expel”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} projectile (plural projectiles)
  1. An object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon. Translations (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon): արկ (ark) (Armenian), ռումբ (ṙumb) (Armenian), գնդակ (gndak) (Armenian), proyeutil [masculine] (Asturian), mərmi (Azerbaijani), güllə (Azerbaijani), знара́д (znarád) [masculine] (Belarusian), снара́д (snarád) [masculine] (Belarusian), ку́ля (kúlja) (english: bullet) [feminine] (Belarusian), страла́ (stralá) (english: arrow) [feminine] (Belarusian), снаря́д (snarjád) [masculine] (Bulgarian), куршу́м (kuršúm) (english: bullet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), стрела́ (strelá) (english: arrow) [feminine] (Bulgarian), projectil [masculine] (Catalan), 拋射物 (Chinese Mandarin), 抛射物 (pāoshèwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 發射體 (Chinese Mandarin), 发射体 (fāshètǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), střela [feminine] (Czech), projektil [masculine] (Czech), projectiel (Dutch), ammus (Finnish), projectile [masculine] (French), proxectil [masculine] (Galician), ჭურვი (č̣urvi) (Georgian), ტყვია (ṭq̇via) (Georgian), Projektil [neuter] (German), Geschoss [neuter] (German), βλήμα (vlíma) [neuter] (Greek), קָלִיעַ (kalía) [feminine] (Hebrew), lövedék (Hungarian), proyektil (Indonesian), proiettile [masculine] (Italian), munizione [feminine] (Italian), 発射体 (hasshatai) (alt: はっしゃたい) (Japanese), 発射物 (hasshabutsu, hasshamono) (Japanese), 발사물 (balsamul) (Korean), šāviņš [masculine] (Latvian), pocisk [masculine] (Polish), projétil [masculine] (Portuguese), proiectil [neuter] (Romanian), снаря́д (snarjád) [masculine] (Russian), пу́ля (púlja) (english: bullet) [feminine] (Russian), стрела́ (strelá) (english: arrow) [feminine] (Russian), peilear [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), urchair [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), proyectil [masculine] (Spanish), projektil [common-gender] (Swedish), снаря́д (snarjád) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ку́ля (kúlja) (english: bullet) [feminine] (Ukrainian), стріла́ (strilá) (english: arrow) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-projectile-en-noun-KpzyiGzv Disambiguation of 'object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon': 94 6
  2. (physics) Any object propelled or thrown through space by the application of a force, such as strong wind. Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-projectile-en-noun-rFK~cwQ- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 7 32 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: projectile point, projectile vomit, projectile-vomit Related terms: missile, rocket

Inflected forms

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      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-projectile.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/En-us-projectile.ogg/En-us-projectile.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/En-us-projectile.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "projectile"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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