adj
Meaning 1
Projecting or impelling forward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a projectile force; a projectile weapon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
projectile
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛktʌɪl/
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UK: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛktɪl/
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US: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛk.taɪl/
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US: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛk.tl̩/
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CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 JH EH1 K T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 2
Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An object intended to be or having been shot from a weapon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Any object propelled or thrown through space by the application of a force, such as strong wind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
impelling or impelled forward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a projectile force
- a projectile missile
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: missile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weapon, arm, weapon system
Narrower terms: arrow, boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick, bullet, slug, cannonball, cannon ball, round shot, dart, seeker, shot, pellet, spitball
noun
Meaning 7
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rocket
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vehicle
Narrower terms: missile, multistage rocket, step rocket, test rocket, research rocket, test instrument vehicle
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin prōiectilis (“projectile”), from Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth; extend; expel”).
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: արկ (ark) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Armenian: ռումբ (ṙumb) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Armenian: գնդակ (gndak) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Asturian: proyeutil — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Azerbaijani: mərmi — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Azerbaijani: güllə — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Basque: jaurtigai — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Belarusian: знара́д (znarád) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Belarusian: снара́д (snarád) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Belarusian: ку́ля (kúlja) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Belarusian: страла́ (stralá) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Bulgarian: снаря́д (snarjád) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Bulgarian: куршу́м (kuršúm) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Bulgarian: стрела́ (strelá) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Catalan: projectil — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Chinese Mandarin: 拋射物 /抛射物 (pāoshèwù) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Chinese Mandarin: 發射體 /发射体 (fāshètǐ) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Czech: střela — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Czech: projektil — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Dutch: projectiel — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Finnish: ammus — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- French: projectile — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Galician: proxectil — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Georgian: ჭურვი (č̣urvi) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Georgian: ტყვია (ṭq̇via) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- German: Projektil — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- German: Geschoss — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Greek: βλήμα (vlíma) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Hebrew: קָלִיעַ (kalía) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Hungarian: lövedék — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Indonesian: proyektil — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Italian: proiettile — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Italian: munizione — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Japanese: 発射体 (hasshatai) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Japanese: 発射物 (hasshabutsu) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Korean: 발사체 (balsache) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Latvian: šāviņš — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Malay: luncuran — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Malay: lontaran — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Middle English: schot — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Polish: pocisk — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Portuguese: projétil — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Romanian: proiectil — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Russian: снаря́д (snarjád) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Russian: пу́ля (púlja) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Russian: стрела́ (strelá) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Scottish Gaelic: peilear — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Scottish Gaelic: urchair — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Spanish: proyectil — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Swedish: projektil — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Ukrainian: снаря́д (snarjád) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Ukrainian: ку́ля (kúlja) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
- Ukrainian: стріла́ (strilá) — object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon
Real reading context