bullseye

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• Canada, UK, US: /ˈbʊlzaɪ/
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• Australian: /ˈbʊlzɑɪ/
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From bull's + eye. May have come from the practice of English archers shooting an arrow through the eye socket of a bull's skull as a test of skill. The connection to philately comes from the shape of the key plate or vignette.

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: napakymppi — cry
• French: dans le mille — cry
• German: Volltreffer — cry
• German: Blattschuss — cry
• Greek: διάνα (diána) — cry
• Japanese: 命中 (meichū) — cry
• Portuguese: na mosca — cry
• Tagalog: sapul — cry
• Finnish: oikein — response when someone makes an accurate statement
• Finnish: aivan — response when someone makes an accurate statement
• Finnish: juuri niin — response when someone makes an accurate statement
• French: dans le mille — response when someone makes an accurate statement
• German: Volltreffer — response when someone makes an accurate statement
• Greek: διάνα (diána) — response when someone makes an accurate statement
• Hungarian: telitalálat — response when someone makes an accurate statement
• Portuguese: na mosca — response when someone makes an accurate statement
• Swedish: mitt i prick — response when someone makes an accurate statement
• Tagalog: tumpak — response when someone makes an accurate statement
• Turkish: tam isabet — response when someone makes an accurate statement
• Afrikaans: kol — centre of a target
• Arabic: إصابة دقيقة للهدف — centre of a target
• Armenian: նշանակետ (nšanaket) — centre of a target
• Armenian: բուլսի (bulsi) — centre of a target
• Aymara: bullseye ukax mä juk’a pachanakanwa — centre of a target
• Bulgarian: център на мишена (centǎr na mišena) — centre of a target
• Catalan: fitó — centre of a target
• Chinese Mandarin: 靶心 (bǎxīn) — centre of a target
• Chinese Mandarin: 紅心 /红心 (hóngxīn) — centre of a target
• Dutch: roos — centre of a target
• Esperanto: bovokulo — centre of a target
• Esperanto: taŭrokulo — centre of a target
• Finnish: kymppi — centre of a target
• Finnish: napakymppi — centre of a target
• Finnish: häränsilmä — centre of a target
• French: mille — centre of a target
• French: mouche — centre of a target
• German: Mitte — centre of a target
• German: Zielscheibenmitte — centre of a target
• Hebrew: מרכז מטרה (markáz materá) — centre of a target
• Hebrew: בול (bul) — centre of a target
• Hebrew: בולזאיי (búlzay) — centre of a target
• Hebrew: בול פגיעה (bul p'gi'á) — centre of a target
• Hebrew: בול מטרה (bul materá) — centre of a target
• Ido: skopo-punto — centre of a target
• Italian: centro del bersaglio — centre of a target
• Māori: pokapū — centre of a target
• Navajo: ałnííʼ góneʼ — centre of a target
• Norwegian: midt i blinken — centre of a target
• Portuguese: alvo — centre of a target
• Portuguese: na mosca — centre of a target
• Portuguese: muche — centre of a target
• Portuguese: mosca — centre of a target
• Russian: я́блочко мише́ни (jábločko mišéni) — centre of a target
• Russian: я́блочко (jábločko) — centre of a target
• Spanish: centro del blanco — centre of a target
• Swedish: mittpunkt — centre of a target
• Swedish: mitt — centre of a target
• Turkish: orta — centre of a target
• Ottoman Turkish: حدقه (hadeka) — centre of a target
• Vietnamese: hồng tâm — centre of a target
• Yiddish: צילאַפּל (tsilapl) — centre of a target
• Yiddish: צילאַפּלען (tsilaplen) — centre of a target
• Finnish: häränsilmä — darts: two central rings of the dartboard
• Finnish: nekku — peppermint flavoured sweet
• Swedish: polkagris — peppermint flavoured sweet
• Basque: idi-begi — thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light
• Bulgarian: илюмина́тор (iljuminátor) — thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light
• Catalan: ull de bou — thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light
• French: hublot — thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light
• German: Bullauge — thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light
• Polish: bulaj — thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light
• Russian: иллюмина́тор (illjuminátor) — thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light
• Spanish: ojo de buey — thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light
• Dutch: voltreffer — shot which hits the centre of a target
• Finnish: täysosuma — shot which hits the centre of a target
• Finnish: napakymppi — shot which hits the centre of a target
• German: Volltreffer — shot which hits the centre of a target
• Japanese: 図星 (zuboshi) — shot which hits the centre of a target
• Japanese: 大当たり (ōatari) — shot which hits the centre of a target
• Spanish: diana — shot which hits the centre of a target
• Turkish: tam isabet — shot which hits the centre of a target
• Finnish: pullonpohjalasi — central part of crown glass disk
• French: cul-de-bouteille — central part of crown glass disk
• German: Butzen — central part of crown glass disk