"trebuchet" meaning in English

See trebuchet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹɛbəʃɛt/ [UK], /ˈtɹɛb.jə.ʃeɪ/ [UK], /ˈtɹɛb.ju.ʃeɪ/ [UK], /ˈtɹɛb.juˌʃɛt/ [US], /ˈtɹɛb.jəˌʃeɪ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trebuchet.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trebuchet2.wav Forms: trebuchets [plural]
enPR: trěb’yo͞o-shet [US] Etymology: From Old French trebuchet, trebuket et al. (modern trébuchet), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tre- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German būh (“belly”), Old English būc (“belly, trunk”). More at bouk. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|trebuchet}} Old French trebuchet, {{der|en|fro|buc|t=trunk of the body}} Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), {{der|en|frk|*buk|*būk|t=belly, trunk, torso}} Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*būkaz|t=belly, abdomen, trunk}} Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰōw-|t=to blow, swell}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”), {{cog|goh|būh|t=belly}} Old High German būh (“belly”), {{cog|ang|būc|t=belly, trunk}} Old English būc (“belly, trunk”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} trebuchet (plural trebuchets)
  1. A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end. Categories (topical): Artillery
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  2. A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole. Categories (topical): Artillery, Torture
    Sense id: en-trebuchet-en-noun-MqAq~Jt6 Disambiguation of Artillery: 47 42 11 Disambiguation of Torture: 16 80 4 Categories (other): Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 49 45 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 51 43 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: trepeget [obsolete] Translations (trebuchet): منجنيق (manjanīq) [masculine] (Arabic), مَنْجَنيق (manjanīq, manjanīg) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), trabuquet [masculine] (Catalan), trabuc [masculine] (Catalan), 重力拋石機 (Chinese Mandarin), 重力抛石机 (zhònglì pāoshíjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 配重拋石機 (Chinese Mandarin), 配重抛石机 (pèizhòng pāoshíjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 回回砲 (Chinese Mandarin), 回回炮 (huíhuípào) [masculine] (Chinese Mandarin), blide [common-gender] (Danish), slingerarm [masculine] (Dutch), slingerblijde (Dutch), ĵetmaŝino (Esperanto), trebuŝeto (Esperanto), vastapainokatapultti (Finnish), trébuchet [masculine] (French), trabuco [masculine] (Galician), trabuquete [masculine] (Galician), Blide [feminine] (German), Tribock [masculine, rare] (German), טְרֶבּוּשֶׁה (trebushe) (Hebrew), kőhajítógép (ostrom) (Hungarian), trabucco [masculine] (Italian), trabocco [masculine] (Italian), トレビュシェット (torebyushetto) (Japanese), 平衡錘投石機 (heikōsui-tōsekiki) (Japanese), blīda [feminine] (Latin), trebušetas [masculine] (Lithuanian), trebušė [feminine] (Lithuanian), требуше́ (trebušé) [neuter] (Macedonian), blīde [feminine] (Middle High German), blide (Norwegian Bokmål), valslynge [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), blide (Norwegian Nynorsk), valslynge [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), trabuc [masculine] (Occitan), trabuche [masculine] (Occitan), trabuquet [masculine] (Occitan), منجنیق (mencenik, mancınık) (Ottoman Turkish), کشکنجیر (koškanjir) (Persian), trebusz [masculine] (Polish), trabuco [masculine] (Portuguese), требуше́т (trebušét) [masculine] (Russian), требюше́ (trebjušé) [masculine] (Russian), fundíbulo [masculine] (Spanish), trabuquete [masculine] (Spanish), lanzapiedras [masculine] (Spanish), fonébol [masculine] (Spanish), blida (Swedish), kastmaskin [common-gender] (Swedish), mancınık (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'trebuchet': 0 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɹɛbəʃɛt/ [UK], /ˈtɹɛb.jə.ʃeɪ/ [UK], /ˈtɹɛb.ju.ʃeɪ/ [UK], /ˈtɹɛb.juˌʃɛt/ [US], /ˈtɹɛb.jəˌʃeɪ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trebuchet.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trebuchet2.wav Forms: trebuchets [present, singular, third-person], trebucheting [participle, present], trebucheted [participle, past], trebucheted [past]
enPR: trěb’yo͞o-shet [US] Etymology: From Old French trebuchet, trebuket et al. (modern trébuchet), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tre- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German būh (“belly”), Old English būc (“belly, trunk”). More at bouk. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|trebuchet}} Old French trebuchet, {{der|en|fro|buc|t=trunk of the body}} Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), {{der|en|frk|*buk|*būk|t=belly, trunk, torso}} Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*būkaz|t=belly, abdomen, trunk}} Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰōw-|t=to blow, swell}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”), {{cog|goh|būh|t=belly}} Old High German būh (“belly”), {{cog|ang|būc|t=belly, trunk}} Old English būc (“belly, trunk”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} trebuchet (third-person singular simple present trebuchets, present participle trebucheting, simple past and past participle trebucheted)
  1. To shoot with a trebuchet. Categories (topical): Artillery
    Sense id: en-trebuchet-en-verb-f-RI81Vb Disambiguation of Artillery: 47 42 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: trepeget [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "word": "重力拋石機"
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      "roman": "zhònglì pāoshíjī",
      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "word": "重力抛石机"
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      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "word": "配重拋石機"
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      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "word": "配重抛石机"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "word": "回回砲"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huíhuípào",
      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "回回炮"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "slingerarm"
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      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "word": "ĵetmaŝino"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "word": "trebuŝeto"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "word": "vastapainokatapultti"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trabuco"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Tribock"
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      "word": "kőhajítógép (ostrom)"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trabocco"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "word": "トレビュシェット"
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      "word": "平衡錘投石機"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "word": "blide"
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "trebuchet",
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      "word": "trabuc"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ota",
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      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "word": "منجنیق"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "word": "کشکنجیر"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trebusz"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "trebuchet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "требуше́т"
    },
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      "sense": "trebuchet",
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      "word": "fundíbulo"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "trebuchet",
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      "word": "fonébol"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "trebuchet",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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