different between fusile vs fusil

English

Etymology 1

From Latin f?silis, from the participle stem of fundere (“to pour”).

Adjective

fusile (comparative more fusile, superlative most fusile)

1. (now rare) That can be melted; meltable
2. (now rare) That has been melted to by heat; liquid, flowing
3. Forged or formed by melting or casting

Antonyms

• infusile

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

fusile (plural fusiles)

1. (heraldry) Alternative form of fusil

Latin

Adjective

f?sile

1. nominative neuter singular of f?silis
2. accusative neuter singular of f?silis
3. vocative neuter singular of f?silis

References

• fusile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Sardinian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *foc?lis [?petra?], derived from Latin focus (“fire”). Compare French fusil and Italian fucile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu?si.le/, [fu?zile]

Noun

fusile m (plural fusiles)

1. rifle

Spanish

Verb

fusile

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fusilar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of fusilar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of fusilar.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fju?z?l/

Etymology 1

From Old French fusel, fuisel, from a late Latin diminutive of Latin f?sus (“spindle”).

Noun

fusil (plural fusils)

1. (heraldry) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French fusil, ultimately from Latin focus (“hearth; fire”). Doublet of fusee.

Noun

fusil (plural fusils)

1. (now historical) A light flintlock musket or firelock.
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol II, ch. 43:

     [H]e out of meer wantonness attempted to trip up the heels of the soldier that stood next him, but failed in the execution, and received a blow of his breast with the butt end of a fusil, that made him stagger several paces backward.

Synonyms

• fusee

Translations

Etymology 3

Alternative forms.

Adjective

fusil (comparative more fusil, superlative most fusil)

1. Obsolete form of fusile.
   • 1728, John Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England

     A kind of fusil marble.

French

Etymology

From Old French fuisil, foisil, from Vulgar Latin *foc?lis (petra), from Latin focus. Compare Italian fucile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.zi/

Noun

fusil m (plural fusils)

1. rifle, gun
2. steel to strike sparks from a flint (pierre à fusil)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Catalan: fusell
• ? Spanish: fusil

Further reading

• “fusil” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fusil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu?sil/, [fu?sil]
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

fusil m (plural fusiles)

1. rifle

   Synonym: rifle

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: pusil
  • ? Western Bukidnon Manobo: pusil
• ? Ilocano: pusil

Related terms

Further reading

• “fusil” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.