catapult

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• /ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/
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From Middle French catapulte, from Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs), from κατά (katá, “downwards, into, against”) + πάλλω (pállō, “to poise or sway a missile before it is thrown”). Doublet of catapulta.

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: katapultë — device for launching large objects
• Arabic: مَنْجَنِيق (manjanīq) — device for launching large objects
• Arabic: مِرْجَام (mirjām) — device for launching large objects
• Armenian: բաբան (baban) — device for launching large objects
• Azerbaijani: منجنیق (manjaniq) — device for launching large objects
• Azerbaijani: katapult — device for launching large objects
• Azerbaijani: mancanaq — device for launching large objects
• Belarusian: катапу́льта (katapúlʹta) — device for launching large objects
• Breton: bannerez-vein — device for launching large objects
• Bulgarian: катапу́лт (katapúlt) — device for launching large objects
• Catalan: catapulta — device for launching large objects
• Chinese Mandarin: 彈射器 /弹射器 (tánshèqì) — device for launching large objects
• Chinese Mandarin: 投石機 /投石机 (tóushíjī) — device for launching large objects
• Corsican: catapulta — device for launching large objects
• Czech: katapult — device for launching large objects
• Danish: katapult — device for launching large objects
• Dutch: katapult — device for launching large objects
• Esperanto: katapulto — device for launching large objects
• Estonian: heitemasin — device for launching large objects
• Estonian: katapult — device for launching large objects
• Finnish: katapultti — device for launching large objects
• Finnish: heittokone — device for launching large objects
• French: catapulte — device for launching large objects
• Galician: catapulta — device for launching large objects
• Georgian: კატაპულტა (ḳaṭaṗulṭa) — device for launching large objects
• Georgian: ფილაკვანი (pilaḳvani) — device for launching large objects
• Old Georgian: ფილაკვანი (pilaḳvani) — device for launching large objects
• German: Katapult — device for launching large objects
• Greek: καταπέλτης (katapéltis) — device for launching large objects
• Ancient Greek: καταπάλτης (katapáltēs) — device for launching large objects
• Hebrew: קָטָפּוּלְטָה (katapulta) — device for launching large objects
• Hindi: गुलेल (gulel) — device for launching large objects
• Hindi: अवक्षेपक (avakṣepak) — device for launching large objects
• Hungarian: hajítógép — device for launching large objects
• Hungarian: katapult — device for launching large objects
• Italian: catapulta — device for launching large objects
• Japanese: カタパルト (kataparuto) — device for launching large objects
• Japanese: 投石機 (tōsekiki) — device for launching large objects
• Japanese: 投石器 (tōsekiki) — device for launching large objects
• Kazakh: катапульта (katapulta) — device for launching large objects
• Korean: 캐터펄트 (kaeteopeolteu) — device for launching large objects
• Korean: 투석기 (tuseokgi) — device for launching large objects
• Kyrgyz: катапульта (katapulta) — device for launching large objects
• Latin: catapulta — device for launching large objects
• Latvian: katapulta — device for launching large objects
• Lithuanian: katapulta — device for launching large objects
• Macedonian: катапу́лт (katapúlt) — device for launching large objects
• Macedonian: пра́ќа (práḱa) — device for launching large objects
• Malay: tarpil — device for launching large objects
• Mirandese: trabuco — device for launching large objects
• Norwegian Bokmål: katapult — device for launching large objects
• Norwegian Nynorsk: katapult — device for launching large objects
• Occitan: catapulta — device for launching large objects
• Old Norse: valsløngva — device for launching large objects
• Persian: منجنیق (manjaniq) — device for launching large objects
• Persian: منجنیک (manjanik) — device for launching large objects
• Polish: katapulta — device for launching large objects
• Portuguese: catapulta — device for launching large objects
• Romanian: catapultă — device for launching large objects
• Russian: катапу́льта (katapúlʹta) — device for launching large objects
• Serbo-Croatian: ката̀пулт — device for launching large objects
• Serbo-Croatian: katàpult — device for launching large objects
• Slovak: katapult — device for launching large objects
• Slovene: katapult — device for launching large objects
• Spanish: catapulta — device for launching large objects
• Swedish: katapult — device for launching large objects
• Tagalog: palintong — device for launching large objects
• Tajik: манҷаниқ (manjaniq) — device for launching large objects
• Tajik: катапулта (katapulta) — device for launching large objects
• Thai: แคทะพัลต์ — device for launching large objects
• Turkish: mancınık — device for launching large objects
• Ottoman Turkish: منجنیق (mencenik, mancınık) — device for launching large objects
• Ottoman Turkish: چرخ (çarh) — device for launching large objects
• Ukrainian: катапу́льта (katapúlʹta) — device for launching large objects
• Urdu: مِنجَنِیق (minjanīq) — device for launching large objects
• Uyghur: مەنچاناق (menchanaq) — device for launching large objects
• Uyghur: مانجانىق (manjaniq) — device for launching large objects
• Uzbek: manjaniq — device for launching large objects
• Vietnamese: máy bắn đá — device for launching large objects
• Welsh: blif — device for launching large objects
• Danish: katapultering — instance of firing something
• Finnish: tykitys — instance of firing something
• Bulgarian: катапултирам (katapultiram) — to fire a missile from a catapult
• Catalan: catapultar — to fire a missile from a catapult
• Czech: katapultovat — to fire a missile from a catapult
• Danish: slynge — to fire a missile from a catapult
• Danish: kaste — to fire a missile from a catapult
• Esperanto: katapulti — to fire a missile from a catapult
• Finnish: singota — to fire a missile from a catapult
• French: catapulter — to fire a missile from a catapult
• German: katapultieren — to fire a missile from a catapult
• Occitan: catapultar — to fire a missile from a catapult
• Polish: katapultować — to fire a missile from a catapult
• Russian: катапульти́ровать (katapulʹtírovatʹ) — to fire a missile from a catapult
• Spanish: catapultar — to fire a missile from a catapult
• Danish: slynge — to fire or launch as if from catapult
• Danish: kaste — to fire or launch as if from catapult
• Esperanto: katapulti — to fire or launch as if from catapult
• Finnish: singota — to fire or launch as if from catapult
• Finnish: sinkauttaa — to fire or launch as if from catapult
• Hungarian: katapultál — to fire or launch as if from catapult
• Spanish: catapultar — to fire or launch as if from catapult
• Bulgarian: катапултирам (katapultiram) — to increase the status rapidly
• Catalan: catapultar — to increase the status rapidly
• Danish: katapultere — to increase the status rapidly
• French: catapulter — to increase the status rapidly
• German: katapultieren — to increase the status rapidly
• Hebrew: הזניק (hizník) — to increase the status rapidly
• Danish: flyve — to be fired from or as if from a catapult
• Danish: fare — to be fired from or as if from a catapult
• Esperanto: katapultiĝi — to be fired from or as if from a catapult
• Esperanto: katapulti sin — to be fired from or as if from a catapult
• Finnish: ampaista — to be fired from or as if from a catapult
• Finnish: sinkoutua — to be fired from or as if from a catapult
• Finnish: singahtaa — to be fired from or as if from a catapult
• French: catapulter — to be fired from or as if from a catapult
• Spanish: ser catapultado — to be fired from or as if from a catapult
• Danish: katapulteres — to have one's status increased rapidly
• Finnish: ampaista — to have one's status increased rapidly
• French: catapulter — to have one's status increased rapidly