crossbow

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• UK: /ˈkɹɒsbəʊ/
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From Middle English crosbowe, crossebowe, equivalent to cross + bow.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ahom: 𑜀𑜂𑜫 (kaṅ) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Northern Altai: айа (aya) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Southern Altai: арбалет (arbalet) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Arabic: قَوْس إفْرَنْجِيَّة (qaws ʔifranjiyya) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Armenian: արբալետ (arbalet) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Asturian: ballesta — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Basque: balezta — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Belarusian: арбале́т (arbaljét) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Belarusian: самастрэ́л (samastrél) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Bulgarian: арбале́т (arbalét) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Burmese: ဒူးလေး (du:le:) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Buryat: һаали (haali) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Catalan: ballesta — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Chinese Mandarin: 弩 (nǔ) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Chinese Mandarin: 十字弓 (shízìgōng) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Czech: kuše — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Danish: armbrøst — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Dutch: kruisboog — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Esperanto: arbalesto — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Estonian: amb — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Estonian: vibupüss — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Estonian: arbalett — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Estonian: pandpüss — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Finnish: varsijousi — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Finnish: jalkajousi — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• French: arbalète — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Galician: bésta — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• German: Armbrust — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• German: Armbruscht — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Greek: βαλλίστρα (vallístra) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Ancient Greek: γαστραφέτης (gastraphétēs) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Hebrew: קשת מוצלבת (késhet mutslévet) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• White Hmong: hneev — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Hungarian: számszeríj — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Icelandic: lásbogi — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Irish: crosbhogha — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Italian: balestra — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Japanese: 弩 (ishiyumi) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Japanese: クロスボウ (kurosubō) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Japanese: ボウガン (bōgan) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Jarai: hraŏ — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Kazakh: арбалет (arbalet) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Khmer: ស្នា (snaa) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Korean: 석궁 (seokgung) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Lao: ຫນ້າໄມ້ (nā mai) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Latin: disputed — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Latin: possibly arcuballista f or manuballista — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Latin: Mediaeval arballista — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Latvian: stops — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Latvian: arbalets — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Lithuanian: arbaletas — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Lü: ᦂᦱᧂᧈ (k̇aang1) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Lü: ᦒᦓᦴ (thnuu) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Lü: ᦡᧄᦺᦙᧉ (ḋammay2) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Luxembourgish: Fitschebou — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Luxembourgish: Aarmbroscht — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Macedonian: са́мострел (sámostrel) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Macedonian: та́тарник (tátarnik) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Malagasy: arbaleta — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Maltese: qaws mimdud — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Marathi: क्रॉसबो (krŏsbo) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Norwegian Bokmål: armbrøst — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Norwegian Nynorsk: armbrøst — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Occitan: arcbalesta — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Occitan: balèsta — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Old Galician-Portuguese: baesta — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Pacoh: tumiêng — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Persian: کمان زنبورکی (kamân-e zanburaki) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Persian: کمان تفنگی (kamân-e tofangi) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Polish: kusza — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Polish: samostrzał — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Portuguese: besta — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Romanian: arbaletă — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Romansh: balester — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Romansh: ballester — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Romansh: balaister — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Russian: арбале́т (arbalét) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Russian: самостре́л (samostrél) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Scottish Gaelic: crois-bhogha — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Serbo-Croatian: куша — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Serbo-Croatian: самострел — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Serbo-Croatian: стреломет — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Serbo-Croatian: kuša — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Serbo-Croatian: samostrel — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Serbo-Croatian: strelomet — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Shan: ၵၢင်ႇ (kàang) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Slovak: kuša — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Slovene: samostrel — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Lower Sorbian: prokawa — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Upper Sorbian: prokawa — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Spanish: ballesta — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Swedish: armborst — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Tagalog: pasulo — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Tagalog: balyesta — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Thai: หน้าไม้ (nâa-máai) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Turkish: tatar yayı — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Turkish: arbalet — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Ottoman Turkish: زنبرك (zenberek) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Ottoman Turkish: چرخ (çarh) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Ukrainian: арбале́т (arbalét) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Ukrainian: самострі́л (samostríl) — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Vietnamese: ná — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Vietnamese: nỏ — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Walloon: årbalesse — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Welsh: bwa croes — mechanised weapon based on the bow
• Yakut: айа (aya) — mechanised weapon based on the bow