missile

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• Received-Pronunciation: mĭsʹīl
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɪs.aɪl/
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• Canada, General-American: mĭsʹīl
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• Canada, General-American: mĭsʹəl
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈmɪs.(ə)l/
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• Canada, General-American: /-aɪl/
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• homophone: missal (GA, Canada)
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• rhymes with -ɪsaɪl
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• rhymes with -ɪsəl
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• CMU ARPABET: M IH1 S AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin missile (“thrown weapon, projectile”), neuter of missilis (“throwable, capable of being thrown”), from mittere (“to send”). From 1611. Compare Middle French missile (“projectile”), from 1636.

158 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَذِيفَة (qaḏīfa) — air-based weapon
• Arabic: صَارُوخ (ṣārūḵ) — air-based weapon
• Arabic: صَارُوخ (ṣārūḵ) — air-based weapon
• Armenian: արկ (ark) — air-based weapon
• Azerbaijani: mərmi — air-based weapon
• Belarusian: знара́д (znarád) — air-based weapon
• Belarusian: снара́д (snarád) — air-based weapon
• Belarusian: ку́ля (kúlja) — air-based weapon
• Bulgarian: снаря́д (snarjád) — air-based weapon
• Bulgarian: куршу́м (kuršúm) — air-based weapon
• Catalan: projectil — air-based weapon
• Czech: střela — air-based weapon
• Finnish: heittoase — air-based weapon
• Finnish: ammus — air-based weapon
• French: projectile — air-based weapon
• Georgian: რაკეტა (raḳeṭa) — air-based weapon
• German: Geschoss — air-based weapon
• German: Fluggeschoss — air-based weapon
• Greek: βλήμα (vlíma) — air-based weapon
• Ancient Greek: βέλος (bélos) — air-based weapon
• Hebrew: רָקֶטָה (rakéta) — air-based weapon
• Hebrew: טִיל (til) — air-based weapon
• Hindi: प्रक्षेपास्त्र (prakṣepāstra) — air-based weapon
• Hungarian: rakéta — air-based weapon
• Hungarian: lövedék — air-based weapon
• Icelandic: eldflaug — air-based weapon
• Irish: arm diúractha — air-based weapon
• Irish: diúracán — air-based weapon
• Japanese: 弾丸 (dangan) — air-based weapon
• Kannada: ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಸ್ತ್ರ (brahmāstra) — air-based weapon
• Korean: 탄환 (tanhwan) — air-based weapon
• Lakota: wípȟe napsílyapi — air-based weapon
• Latin: missile — air-based weapon
• Marathi: क्षेपणास्त्र (kṣepṇāstra) — air-based weapon
• Marathi: मिसाइल (misāil) — air-based weapon
• Iranian Persian: پَرْتابِه (partâbe) — air-based weapon
• Iranian Persian: راکِت (râket) — air-based weapon
• Polish: pocisk — air-based weapon
• Portuguese: míssil — air-based weapon
• Romanian: proiectil — air-based weapon
• Russian: снаря́д (snarjád) — air-based weapon
• Russian: пу́ля (púlja) — air-based weapon
• Sanskrit: अस्त्र (astra) — air-based weapon
• Sanskrit: हेषस् (heṣas) — air-based weapon
• Scottish Gaelic: urchair — air-based weapon
• Spanish: proyectil — air-based weapon
• Swedish: missil — air-based weapon
• Telugu: క్షిపణి (kṣipaṇi) — air-based weapon
• Telugu: మిస్సైల్ (missail) — air-based weapon
• Ukrainian: снаря́д (snarjád) — air-based weapon
• Ukrainian: ку́ля (kúlja) — air-based weapon
• Welsh: teflyn — air-based weapon
• Afrikaans: missiel — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Albanian: raketë — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Amharic: ሚሳይል (misayl) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Arabic: صَارُوخ (ṣārūḵ) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Arabic: قَذِيفَة (qaḏīfa) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Armenian: հրթիռ (hrtʻiṙ) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Azerbaijani: raket — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Basque: misil — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Belarusian: раке́та (rakjéta) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Bengali: ক্ষেপণাস্ত্র (kheponastro) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Bengali: মিসাইল (miśail) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Bulgarian: раке́та (rakéta) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Burmese: ဒုံးပျံ (dum:pyam) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Catalan: míssil — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Chinese Mandarin: 飛彈 /飞弹 (fēidàn) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Chinese Mandarin: 導彈 /导弹 (dǎodàn) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Czech: střela — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Danish: missil — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Dutch: raket — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Esperanto: misilo — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Estonian: rakett — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Finnish: ohjus — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• French: missile — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Galician: mísil — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Georgian: ყუმბარა (q̇umbara) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Georgian: მართული ყუმბარა (martuli q̇umbara) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Georgian: რაკეტა (raḳeṭa) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• German: Lenkflugkörper — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• German: Lenkwaffe — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Greek: πύραυλος (pýravlos) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Hebrew: טִיל (til) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Hindi: प्रक्षेपास्त्र (prakṣepāstra) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Hindi: राकेट (rākeṭ) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Hindi: मिसाइल (misāil) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Hindi: प्रक्षेपणास्त्र (prakṣepṇāstra) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Hungarian: rakéta — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Hungarian: lövedék — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Icelandic: eldflaug — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Ido: misilo — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Indonesian: peluru kendali — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Indonesian: rudal — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Indonesian: misil — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Irish: diúracán — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Italian: missile — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Japanese: ミサイル (misairu) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Japanese: 誘導弾 (yūdōdan) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Kannada: ಕ್ಷಿಪಣಿ (kṣipaṇi) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Kashmiri: میٖزٲیِل (mīzạ̄yil) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Kazakh: ракета (raketa) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Khmer: កាំជ្រួច (kamcruəc) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Korean: 미사일 (misail) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Korean: 유도탄 (yudotan) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Korean: 미싸일 (missail) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Central Kurdish: تۆپ (top) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Northern Kurdish: rakêt — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Northern Kurdish: fuze — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Kyrgyz: ракета (raketa) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Lakota: wípȟe napsílyapi — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Lao: ບັ້ງໄຟ — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Lao: ຈະລວດ (cha lūat) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Lao: ຈະຣວດ (cha rūat) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Lao: ຈະຫລວດ (cha lūat) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Latvian: raķete — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Lithuanian: raketa — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Macedonian: раке́та (rakéta) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Macedonian: проекти́л (proektíl) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Malay: peluru berpandu — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Marathi: क्षेपणास्त्र (kṣepṇāstra) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Mongolian: пуужин (puužin) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Mongolian: ᠫᠤᠤᠵᠢᠩ (puuǰing) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Norwegian Bokmål: missil — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Pashto: مزایل (mazāyel) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Iranian Persian: موشَک (mušak) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Polish: rakieta — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Portuguese: míssil — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Romanian: rachetă — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Russian: раке́та (rakéta) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Serbo-Croatian: ракѐта — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Serbo-Croatian: rakèta — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Sinhalese: මිසයිල (misayila) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Slovak: strela — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Slovak: raketa — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Slovene: raketa — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Lower Sorbian: wóźeńska broń — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Spanish: misil — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Swahili: kombora — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Swedish: raket — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Swedish: robot — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Tajik: ракета (raketa) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Tajik: мушак (mušak) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Telugu: క్షిపణి (kṣipaṇi) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Telugu: మిస్సైల్ (missail) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Thai: ขีปนาวุธ (kǐi-bpà-naa-wút) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Thai: จรวด (jà-rùuat) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Tibetan: ཕུར་མདེལ (phur mdel) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Turkish: füze — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Turkmen: raketa — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Ukrainian: раке́та (rakéta) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Urdu: راکِٹ (rākiṭ) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Urdu: مِیزائِل (mīzāil) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Uyghur: راكېتا (rakëta) — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Uzbek: raketa — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Uzbek: mushak — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Vietnamese: đạn tự hành — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Welsh: taflegryn — self-propelled, guidable projectile
• Yiddish: ראַקעט (raket) — self-propelled, guidable projectile