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missile
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)
- 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.
- (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)
- 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)
- missile
Adjective
missile (plural missili)
- (relational) missile
Latin
Etymology
From missilis.
Noun
missile n (genitive missilis); third declension
- a thrown weapon, such as a javelin
- (plural) presents from the Emperor thrown to the people
- (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.
- USA, Britannia, Francia mane Sabbati plus centum missilia in tres metas Syriacas miserunt, in quibus arma chemica conficiebantur et tractabantur.
- 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Foederatio occidentalis Syriam missilibus percussit [1], Nuntii Latini 20.4.2018:
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Synonyms
- (javelin): t?lum, iaculum
Adjective
missile
- nominative neuter singular of missilis
- accusative neuter singular of missilis
- 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
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ogive
English
Etymology
From late Middle English, from Middle French augive/ogive. Doublet of ogee.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????a?v/, /???d?a?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /?o??a?v/, /?o?d?a?v/
Noun
ogive (plural ogives)
- (statistics) The curve of a cumulative distribution function.
- (architecture) A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.
- (ballistics) The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.
- (geology) A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.
Related terms
- ogee
- ogival
Translations
Further reading
- ogive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- pointed arch (architecture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- vogie
French
Alternative forms
- augive (obsolete)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin [Term?], from Latin aug?re, as the ogive goes on increasing, and the arch it forms increases the strength of the vault. In Old French we find the phrase arc ogif, itself from Latin arcus augivus. The word was also written as augive in the 17th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.?iv/
Noun
ogive f (plural ogives)
- (architecture) diagonal rib, ogive
- (military) nose cone (of missile)
Derived terms
- croisée d'ogives
- ogive nucléaire
Descendants
- English: ogee
References
- Brachet, An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Crowned by the French Academy
Further reading
- “ogive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
ogive f
- plural of ogiva
Anagrams
- Giove
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