artillery
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artillery
- /ɑːˈtɪləɹi/ UK
- /ɑɹˈtɪləɹi/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English artillerie, from Old French artillerie (“collection of military engines, crossbows, lances etc.”), from artillier (“to equip, provide with contraptions”), alteration of atiller (“to arrange, adjust, put on clothes or, especially, pieces of armour”) (influenced by art), itself from Vulgar Latin *apticlō < **apticulō, from Latin aptō (“to make capable”).
noun artilleries
- Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
- An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
- Gunnery (design and manufacture of guns).
- Weapons, especially siege engines. And Ionathan gaue his artillery vnto his ladde, and said vnto him, Goe, cary them to the citie.
- One or more guns.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gun, ordnance, weapon, artillery unit, heavy weapon, cannon, shelling, caliber, gunnery, bombardment, gunfire, armour, weaponry, flak, packing, engineer
Translations
Every language
noun army unit
| Español | artillería |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 포병대 pobyeongdae |
| 日本語 | 砲兵隊 hōheitai, 特科 tokka |
| 中文 | 炮兵部隊 /炮兵部队 pàobīng bùduì |
| Português | artilharia |
| Deutsch | Geschützwesen, Artillerie |
| Italiano | artiglieria |
| Ελληνικά | πυροβολικό pyrovolikó |
| Română | artilerie |
| Русский | артилле́рия artillérija |
noun gunnery (science)
| Ελληνικά | πυροβολική pyrovolikí |
|---|---|
| Русский | артилле́рия artillérija |
noun weapon
| Español | artillería |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대포 daepo |
| 日本語 | 大砲 taihō |
| 中文 | 火炮 huǒpào, 大炮 dàpào |
| हिन्दी | तोपख़ाना topxānā, आर्टिलरी ārṭilrī |
| Português | artilharia |
| Français | artillerie |
| Deutsch | Artillerie |
| Italiano | artiglieria |
| Ελληνικά | πυροβόλο pyrovólo |
| Română | artilerie |
| Русский | артилле́рия artillérija |
| Tiếng Việt | pháo, pháo binh |
| العربية | مِدْفَعِيّة midfaʕiyya |
| עברית | אַרְטִילֶרְיָה artilérya |
Talk about this word "artillery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/artillery. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. artillery. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/artillery "artillery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/artillery.Cite this
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title = {artillery},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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