spearhead

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• UK: /ˈspɪə.hɛd/
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From Middle English spere-hed; equivalent to spear + head.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: majë — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Arabic: رأس حربة — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Armenian: տեգ (teg) — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Armenian: սլաք (slakʻ) — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Bulgarian: острие на копие (ostrie na kopie) — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Danish: spydspids — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Dutch: speerpunt — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Finnish: keihäänkärki — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• French: fer de lance — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• German: Speerspitze — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• German: Lanzenspitze — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• German: Stoßkeil — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Ancient Greek: αἰχμή (aikhmḗ) — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Ancient Greek: λόγχη (lónkhē) — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Hungarian: dárdahegy — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Hungarian: lándzsahegy — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Italian: punta di lancia — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Northern Kurdish: serikê rimê — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Middle English: spere-hed — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Persian: سرنیزه (sarneyze) — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Persian: سنان (senân) — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Polish: grot — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Portuguese: ponta da lança — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Serbo-Croatian: vrh koplja — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Spanish: punta — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Spanish: punta de lanza — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Swedish: spjutspets — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Ottoman Turkish: مخرص (mihras) — the pointed head, or end, of a spear
• Albanian: prijës — one who leads or initiates an activity
• Bulgarian: авангард (avangard) — one who leads or initiates an activity
• Danish: spydspids — one who leads or initiates an activity
• Finnish: kärkimies — one who leads or initiates an activity
• Finnish: johtohenkilö — one who leads or initiates an activity
• French: fer de lance — one who leads or initiates an activity
• German: Speerspitze — one who leads or initiates an activity
• German: Spitze — one who leads or initiates an activity
• German: Kopf — one who leads or initiates an activity
• German: Vorkämpfer — one who leads or initiates an activity
• German: Bahnbrecher — one who leads or initiates an activity
• German: Stürmer — one who leads or initiates an activity
• Japanese: 急先鋒 (kyūsempō) — one who leads or initiates an activity
• Northern Kurdish: serkêş — one who leads or initiates an activity
• Portuguese: comandante — one who leads or initiates an activity
• Serbo-Croatian: glava — one who leads or initiates an activity
• Serbo-Croatian: predvodnik — one who leads or initiates an activity
• Serbo-Croatian: predvodnica — one who leads or initiates an activity
• Spanish: caudillo — one who leads or initiates an activity
• Albanian: major — the leading military unit in an attack
• Bulgarian: преден отряд (preden otrjad) — the leading military unit in an attack
• Finnish: kärkijoukko — the leading military unit in an attack
• French: fer de lance — the leading military unit in an attack
• German: Angriffsspitze — the leading military unit in an attack
• German: Sturmspitze — the leading military unit in an attack
• German: Vorausabteilung — the leading military unit in an attack
• Hungarian: előrevetett egység — the leading military unit in an attack
• Northern Kurdish: serkêş — the leading military unit in an attack
• Māori: matakīrea — the leading military unit in an attack
• Polish: szpica — the leading military unit in an attack
• Portuguese: ponta de lança — the leading military unit in an attack
• Spanish: punta de lanza — the leading military unit in an attack
• German: anführen — to drive or campaign ardently
• German: führen — to drive or campaign ardently
• German: vorausgehen — to drive or campaign ardently
• Hungarian: vezet — to drive or campaign ardently
• Hungarian: valaminek az élén jár — to drive or campaign ardently
• Northern Kurdish: serkêş bûn — to drive or campaign ardently
• Northern Kurdish: serkêşî kirin — to drive or campaign ardently
• Polish: stać na czele — to drive or campaign ardently
• Polish: stanąć na czele — to drive or campaign ardently
• Portuguese: chefiar — to drive or campaign ardently
• Portuguese: comandar — to drive or campaign ardently
• Spanish: encabezar — to drive or campaign ardently
• Spanish: acaudillar — to drive or campaign ardently
• Spanish: liderar — to drive or campaign ardently
• Spanish: dirigir — to drive or campaign ardently
• Spanish: conducir — to drive or campaign ardently
• Spanish: presidir — to drive or campaign ardently
• Spanish: capitanear — to drive or campaign ardently
• Spanish: abanderar — to drive or campaign ardently
• Turkish: başı çekmek — to drive or campaign ardently