Missile

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A selection of missiles (military)

Etymology

< Latin missilis (“‘that may be thrown’”), neut. missile (“‘a weapon to be thrown, a javelin’”), in plural missilia (“‘presents thrown among the people by the emperors’”) < mittere (“‘to send’”).

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA: /ˈmɪsaɪl/, SAMPA: /"mIsaIl/

  Rhymes: -ɪsaɪl

• (US): enPR: mĭsʹīl, IPA: /ˈmɪsaɪl/, SAMPA: /"mIsaIl/ or enPR: mĭsʹəl, IPA: /ˈmɪsəl/, SAMPA: /"mIs@l/

  Rhymes: -ɪsaɪl, -ɪsəl

Noun

Singular Missile

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1. An object intended to be launched into the air at a target.
2. Template:Military A self-propelled projectile with an explosive or nuclear warhead, whose trajectory can be adjusted after having been launched.

Related terms

• mess
• message
• messenger
• mission
• missionary
• missive

Translations

object to be launched

Arabic: قذيفة ar(ar) (qadhiifa) f. Catalan: projectil ca(ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 飛彈 cmn(cmn), 飞弹 cmn(cmn) (fēidàn) Czech: střela cs(cs) f. Finnish: ammus fi(fi), raketti fi(fi), ohjus fi(fi) French: projectile fr(fr) m.

Georgian: რაკეტა ka(ka) (raketa) German: Flugkörper m. Hungarian: rakéta hu(hu), lövedék hu(hu) Japanese: 弾丸 ja(ja) (だんがん, dangan) Russian: ракета ru(ru) (rakéta) f., снаряд ru(ru) (snarjád) m. Spanish: proyectil es(es) m. Swedish: missil sv(sv) c.

self-propelled, guidable projectile

Arabic: صاروخ ar(ar) (Saruukh) m. Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: míssil ca(ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 飛彈 cmn(cmn), 飞弹 cmn(cmn) (fēidàn), 導彈 cmn(cmn), 导弹 cmn(cmn) (dǎodàn) Czech: střela cs(cs) f. Dutch: raket nl(nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: rakett et(et) Finnish: ohjus fi(fi) French: missile fr(fr) m. Georgian: ყუმბარა ka(ka) (qumbara), მართული ყუმბარა ka(ka) (mart'uli qumbara) German: Rakete de(de) f. Greek: please add this translation if you can

Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: rakéta hu(hu), lövedék hu(hu) Italian: missile it(it) Japanese: ミサイル ja(ja) (misairu) Korean: 미사일 ko(ko) (misail) Kurdish: تۆپ ku(ku) Marathi: क्षेपणास्त्र mr(mr) n. Portuguese: míssil pt(pt) m. Russian: ракета ru(ru) (rakéta) f. Spanish: proyectil es(es) m., misil es(es) m. Swedish: raket sv(sv) c. Thai: ขีปนาวุธ th(th) (kĕebpànaawút) Turkish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• projectile
• rocket

External links

• Missile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Missile in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• eiilmss,
• similes
• smilies

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French

Noun

Missile m. (plural Missiles)

1. missile

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Italian

Noun

missile m. (plural missili)

1. missile

Adjective

missile m and f (m and f plural missili)

1. missile (attributive)

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