different between javelin vs javelina

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French javelline, diminutive of javelot, diminutive of *javel, from Vulgar Latin *gabalus, from Gaulish gabulum (compare Old Irish gabul (“fork”), Welsh gafl), from Proto-Celtic *gabl? (“fork, forked branch”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?eh?b?-. The Old French term was also borrowed into Middle Low German as gaveline, and into Middle High German as gabilot. Cognate with gavelock, gaffle.

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?v'l?n, IPA^(key): /?d?ævl?n/, /?d?æv?l?n/
• Rhymes: -ævl?n

Noun

javelin (plural javelins)

1. A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.

   • Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, / Launched by the vigour of a Roman arm?

2. A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.

Derived terms

• javelineer
• javelinier

Translations

Verb

javelin (third-person singular simple present javelins, present participle javelining, simple past and past participle javelined)

1. (transitive) To pierce with a javelin.

See also

• discus
• hammer

English

Alternative forms

• javeli

Etymology

From Spanish javalina (obsolete), jabalina, feminine form of jabalí (“wild boar”), from Andalusian Arabic ???????? (jabal?) (in ???????? ????????? (?inz?r jabaliyy, “mountain pig”)), from Arabic ?????? (jabal, “mountain”). Cognate with Portuguese javalina, and similar in other Iberian languages.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hav??li?n?/

Noun

javelina (plural javelinas)

1. (Canada, US) The peccary, especially the collared peccary. [from 19th c.]

References

Catalan

Noun

javelina f (plural javelines)

1. javelin