different between missile vs antimissile

English

Etymology

From Latin missilis (“that may be thrown”), neuter missile (“a weapon to be thrown, a javelin”), in plural missilia (“presents thrown among the people by the emperors”), from mittere (“to send”). From 1611. Compare Middle French missile (“projectile”), from 1636.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: m?s??l, IPA^(key): /?m?sa?l/
• (US, Canada) enPR: m?s??l, m?s??l, IPA^(key): /?m?sa?l/, /?m?s?l/
• Rhymes: -?sa?l, -?s?l

Noun

missile (plural missiles)

1. Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. [from 17th c.]

   The Rhodians, who used leaden bullets, were able to project their missiles twice as far as the Persian slingers, who used large stones.

2. (military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched. [from 20th c.]

   That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.

Derived terms

• missileer

Related terms

• mess
• message
• messenger
• mission
• missionary
• missive

Translations

See also

• projectile
• rocket

Further reading

• missile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• missile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Missile”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 540, column 3.

Anagrams

• mislies, similes, slimies, smilies

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin missilis (“that may be thrown”) (as in English).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.sil/

Noun

missile m (plural missiles)

1. missile

Derived terms

• missile à tête chercheuse

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mis.si.le/
• Rhymes: -issile

Noun

missile m (plural missili)

1. missile

Adjective

missile (plural missili)

1. (relational) missile

Latin

Etymology

From missilis.

Noun

missile n (genitive missilis); third declension

1. a thrown weapon, such as a javelin
2. (plural) presents from the Emperor thrown to the people
3. (New Latin) a missile (self-propelled projectile)
   • 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Foederatio occidentalis Syriam missilibus percussit [1], Nuntii Latini 20.4.2018:

     USA, Britannia, Francia mane Sabbati plus centum missilia in tres metas Syriacas miserunt, in quibus arma chemica conficiebantur et tractabantur.

     The US, UK, and France Saturday morning fired over a hundred missiles at three Syrian sites in which chemical weapons were being built and stored.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Synonyms

• (javelin): t?lum, iaculum

Adjective

missile

1. nominative neuter singular of missilis
2. accusative neuter singular of missilis
3. vocative neuter singular of missilis

References

• missilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• missilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• missile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

anti- +? missile

Adjective

antimissile (not comparable)

1. (military) Designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.

   antimissile defense

   antimissile missile

Translations

Noun

antimissile (plural antimissiles)

1. A missile or system designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.
   • 2003, Edward R. Drachman, Alan Shank, You decide!: controversial global issues (page 89)

     In 1946, it pursued the first antimissiles in Projects Thumper and Wizard. These antimissiles could destroy incoming projectiles traveling at 4000 mph and at altitudes reaching 500000 feet.

French

Etymology

anti- +? missile

Adjective

antimissile (plural antimissiles)

1. antimissile