Phrase guide

cruise missile

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A missile designed for guided flight over the full course of its path.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: missile

2

noun

Meaning 2

an unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bomb

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: aircraft, bomb

History

Etymology

From cruise + missile.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَارُوخ جَوَّال (ṣārūḵ jawwāl) — winged missile
  • Armenian: թեւավոր հրթիռ (tʻewavor hrtʻiṙ) — winged missile
  • Azerbaijani: qanadlı raket — winged missile
  • Belarusian: крыла́тая раке́та (krylátaja rakjéta) — winged missile
  • Bengali: গতিনিয়ন্ত্রিত ক্ষেপণাস্ত্র (gotoiniẏontrito kheponastro) — winged missile
  • Bulgarian: крила́та раке́та (kriláta rakéta) — winged missile
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巡航導彈 /巡航导弹 (xúnháng dǎodàn) — winged missile
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巡弋飛彈 /巡弋飞弹 (xúnyì fēidàn) — winged missile
  • Czech: řízená střela — winged missile
  • Danish: krydsermissil — winged missile
  • Dutch: kruisvluchtwapen — winged missile
  • Dutch: kruisraket — winged missile
  • Estonian: tiibrakett — winged missile
  • Finnish: risteilyohjus — winged missile
  • French: missile de croisière — winged missile
  • German: Marschflugkörper — winged missile
  • Greek: πύραυλος κρουζ (pýravlos krouz) — winged missile
  • Hebrew: טִיל שִׁיּוּט (til shiyút) — winged missile
  • Hindi: क्रूज़ प्रक्षेपास्त्र (krūz prakṣepāstra) — winged missile
  • Hungarian: robotrepülőgép — winged missile
  • Indonesian: peluru kendali jelajah — winged missile
  • Italian: missile da crociera — winged missile
  • Japanese: 巡航ミサイル (junkō misairu) — winged missile
  • Kazakh: қанатты зымыран (qanatty zymyran) — winged missile
  • Korean: 순항 유도탄 (sunhang yudotan) — winged missile
  • Latvian: spārnotā raķete — winged missile
  • Lithuanian: sparnuotoji raketa — winged missile
  • Macedonian: крстосувачки проекти́л (krstosuvački proektíl) — winged missile
  • Norwegian Bokmål: krysserrakett — winged missile
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kryssermissil — winged missile
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kryssarrakett — winged missile
  • Persian: موشک کروز (mušak-e koruz) — winged missile
  • Polish: pocisk manewrujący — winged missile
  • Portuguese: míssil de cruzeiro — winged missile
  • Romanian: rachetă de croazieră — winged missile
  • Russian: крыла́тая раке́та (krylátaja rakéta) — winged missile
  • Serbo-Croatian: крстарећа ракета — winged missile
  • Serbo-Croatian: krstareća raketa — winged missile
  • Slovak: riadená strela — winged missile
  • Slovene: manevrirni izstrelek — winged missile
  • Slovene: manevrirna raketa — winged missile
  • Spanish: misil de crucero — winged missile
  • Swedish: kryssningsrobot — winged missile
  • Tamil: சீர்வேக ஏவுகணை (cīrvēka ēvukaṇai) — winged missile
  • Telugu: క్రూయిజ్ క్షిపణి (krūyij kṣipaṇi) — winged missile
  • Thai: ขีปนาวุธร่อน — winged missile
  • Turkish: seyir füzesi — winged missile
  • Ukrainian: крила́та раке́та (kryláta rakéta) — winged missile
  • Vietnamese: tên lửa hành trình — winged missile
  • Vietnamese: hỏa tiễn hành trình — winged missile
  • Vietnamese: tên lửa có cánh — winged missile