siege engine

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsiːd͡ʒ ˌɛnd͡ʒɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈsid͡ʒ ˌɛnd͡ʒɪn/
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PIE word *h1én From siege + engine (“large construction used in warfare”).

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُعِدَّات حِصَار (muʕiddāt ḥiṣār) — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Catalan: maquinària de setge — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 攻城武器 (gōngchéngwǔqì) — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Danish: kastemaskine — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Danish: belejringsvåben — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Dutch: belegeringswapen — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Dutch: belegeringswerk — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Esperanto: sieĝarmo — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Estonian: piiramismasin — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Finnish: piirityskone — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• French: engin de siège — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• French: arme de siège — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• French: machine de siège — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• German: Belagerungsgerät — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• German: Belagerungsmaschine — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Greek: πολιορκητική μηχανή (poliorkitikí michaní) — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Hebrew: טקטיקת מצור — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Hungarian: ostromgép — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Indonesian: mesin kepung — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Italian: arma d'assedio — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Italian: macchina d'assedio — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Japanese: 攻城兵器 (kōjōheiki) — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Latin: machina bellica — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Macedonian: о́псадно ору́дие (ópsadno orúdie) — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: beleiringsmaskiner — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Persian: ادوات محاصره — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Polish: machina oblężnicza — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Portuguese: arma de assédio — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Portuguese: arma de cerco — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Romanian: mașină de asediu — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Russian: оса́дное ору́дие (osádnoje orúdije) — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: opsadne sprave — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Slovak: obliehací stroj — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Slovene: oblegovalna naprava — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Spanish: arma de asedio — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Swedish: belägringsmaskin — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Turkish: kuşatma makinesi — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Ottoman Turkish: منجنیق (mencenik, mancınık) — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Ukrainian: облогові машини (oblohovi mašyny) — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Vietnamese: vũ khí công thành — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.
• Welsh: magnel — large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.