Phrase guide

bow and arrow

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈbəʊ ən(d)ˈæɹəʊ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A weapon consisting of a bow and a supply of arrows, often kept in a quiver.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • His bow and arrow never leaves him.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: weapon, arm, weapon system

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: pyl en boog — weapon
  • Arabic: قَوْس وَسَهْم (qaws wasahm) — weapon
  • Armenian: նետ ու աղեղ (net u aġeġ) — weapon
  • Bislama: bonara — weapon
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏦᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎫᏂ (gatsodi ale guni) — weapon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弓箭 (gōngjiàn) — weapon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弓矢 (gōngshǐ) — weapon
  • Czech: luk a šíp — weapon
  • Danish: pil og bue — weapon
  • Dutch: pijl en boog — weapon
  • Esperanto: pafarko kaj sago — weapon
  • Finnish: jousi ja nuoli — weapon
  • French: arc et flèche — weapon
  • Georgian: მშვილდ-ისარი (mšvild-isari) — weapon
  • German: Pfeil und Bogen — weapon
  • Greek: τόξο και βέλος (tóxo kai vélos) — weapon
  • Ancient Greek: τόξον καί βέλος (tóxon kaí bélos) — weapon
  • Ancient Greek: τόξον καί ἰός (tóxon kaí iós) — weapon
  • Hebrew: חץ וקשת — weapon
  • Hungarian: íj és nyíl — weapon
  • Irish: saighead agus bogha — weapon
  • Italian: arco e freccia — weapon
  • Japanese: 弓矢 (yumiya) — weapon
  • Japanese: 弓箭 (kyūsen) — weapon
  • Khmer: ធ្នូ (tnuu) — weapon
  • Korean: 궁시 (gungsi) — weapon
  • Korean: 활과 화살 (hwal-gwa hwasal) — weapon
  • Central Kurdish: تیر و کەوان (tîr û kewan) — weapon
  • Northern Kurdish: tîr û kevan — weapon
  • Latin: arcus et sagitta — weapon
  • Malayalam: അമ്പും വില്ലും (ampuṁ villuṁ) — weapon
  • Mongolian: нум сум (num sum) — weapon
  • Navajo: ałtį́į́ʼ dóó kʼaaʼ — weapon
  • Norwegian: pil og bue — weapon
  • Ojibwe: mitigwaab miinawaa bikwak — weapon
  • Persian: تیر و کمان (tir-o-kamân) — weapon
  • Polish: łuk i strzała — weapon
  • Portuguese: arco e flecha — weapon
  • Russian: лук и стре́лы (luk i strély) — weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: лук и стрела — weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: лук и стријела — weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: luk i strela — weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: luk i strijela — weapon
  • Spanish: arco y flecha — weapon
  • Swedish: pil och båge — weapon
  • Teribe: könkowo — weapon
  • Tibetan: མདའ་གཞུ (mda' gzhu) — weapon
  • Turkish: yay ve ok — weapon
  • Tuvan: ча болгаш согун (ça bolgaş sogun) — weapon
  • Vietnamese: cung tên — weapon
  • Welsh: bwa saeth — weapon