missile
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missile
- /ˈmɪs.aɪl/ UK
- /ˈmɪs.(ə)l/ Canada, US
- /-aɪl/ Canada, US
Sounds like missal (GA, Canada) · Rhymes with -ɪsaɪl, -ɪsəl
Where it comes from
From Latin missile (“thrown weapon, projectile”), neuter of missilis (“throwable, capable of being thrown”), from mittere (“to send”). From 1611. Compare Middle French missile (“projectile”), from 1636.
noun missiles
- Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. The Rhodians, who used leaden bullets, were able to project their missiles twice as far as the Persian slingers, who used large stones.
- A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched. That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.
Opposite: nonmissile
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: projectile, weapon, gunfire, ballistic, launch, truncheon, launching, bomb, antimissile, nuke, rocket, shield, defense, ballistics, abm, rpg
noun
Opposite: nonmissile
Translations
Every language
noun air-based weapon
| Español | proyectil |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 탄환 tanhwan |
| 日本語 | 弾丸 dangan |
| हिन्दी | प्रक्षेपास्त्र prakṣepāstra |
| Português | míssil |
| Français | projectile |
| Deutsch | Geschoss, Fluggeschoss |
| Ελληνικά | βλήμα vlíma |
| Română | proiectil |
| Русский | снаря́д snarjád, пу́ля púlja |
| العربية | قَذِيفَة qaḏīfa, صَارُوخ ṣārūḵ |
| עברית | רָקֶטָה rakéta, טִיל til |
noun self-propelled, guidable projectile
| Español | misil |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 미사일 misail, 유도탄 yudotan |
| 日本語 | ミサイル misairu, 誘導弾 yūdōdan |
| 中文 | 導彈 /导弹 dǎodàn |
| हिन्दी | प्रक्षेपास्त्र prakṣepāstra, राकेट rākeṭ, मिसाइल misāil, प्रक्षेपणास्त्र prakṣepṇāstra |
| Kiswahili | kombora |
| Português | míssil |
| Français | missile |
| Deutsch | Lenkflugkörper, Lenkwaffe |
| Italiano | missile |
| Ελληνικά | πύραυλος pýravlos |
| Română | rachetă |
| Русский | раке́та rakéta |
| Tiếng Việt | đạn tự hành |
| العربية | صَارُوخ ṣārūḵ, قَذِيفَة qaḏīfa, مَقْذُوف maqḏūf |
| עברית | טִיל til |
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title = {missile},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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