artillery

English

Etymology

From Middle English artillerie, from Old French artillerie (“collection of military engines, crossbows, lances etc.”), from artillier (“to equip, provide with contraptions”), alteration of atiller (“to arrange, adjust, put on clothes or, especially, pieces of armour”) (influenced by art), itself from Vulgar Latin *apticlō < **apticulō, from Latin aptō (“to make capable”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈtɪləɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈtɪləɹi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

artillery (countable and uncountable, plural artilleries)

1. Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
2. An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
3. Gunnery.
4. (archaic) Weapons, especially siege engines.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 20:40:

     And Ionathan gaue his artillery vnto his ladde, and said vnto him, Goe, cary them to the citie.

     And Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. (American Standard Version)

   • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 24, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 330:

     The old walls […] were surely strong enough to keep out men without battering-rams, balistas, or artillery of any kind. [Footnote] Artillery is here used in its old English meaning for any kind of warlike engine. Cf. I Sam. XX. 40.

5. (UK, Ireland, slang) A gun, or multiple.

Derived terms

• antiartillery
• artillerist
• artillery fern
• artillery fungus
• artillery game
• artillery loop
• artilleryman
• artillery mold
• artillery plant
• artillery wheel
• artillerywoman
• counterartillery
• field artillery
• heavy artillery
• horse artillery
• nonartillery
• nuclear artillery
• rocket artillery
• tube artillery

 

Translations

weapon

• Albanian: artileri (sq) f
• Arabic: مِدْفَعِيّة f (midfaʕiyya)
• Armenian: հրետանի (hy) (hretani)
• Azerbaijani: artilleriya
• Belarusian: артыле́рыя f (artyljéryja)
• Bulgarian: артиле́рия (bg) f (artilérija)
• Catalan: artilleria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 火炮 (fo² paau³)

  Mandarin: 火炮 (zh) (huǒpào), 大炮 (zh) (dàpào)

• Czech: dělo (cs) n
• Danish: artilleri (da) n
• Dutch: geschut (nl) n, artillerie (nl) f
• Esperanto: artilerio
• Estonian: suurtükivägi, artilleeria
• Finnish: tykistö (fi)
• French: artillerie (fr) f
• Galician: artillería f
• Georgian: არტილერია (arṭileria)
• German: Artillerie (de) f
• Greek: πυροβόλο (el) n (pyrovólo)
• Hebrew: אַרְטִילֶרְיָה (he) f (artilérya)
• Hindi: तोपख़ाना m (topxānā), आर्टिलरी (hi) f (ārṭilrī)
• Hungarian: tüzérség (hu)
• Ido: kanono (io)
• Indonesian: artileri (id)
• Irish: airtléire f
• Italian: artiglieria (it) f
• Japanese: 大砲 (ja) (たいほう, taihō)
• Kazakh: артиллерия (artilleriä)
• Korean: 대포(大砲) (ko) (daepo)
• Kyrgyz: артиллерия (ky) (artilleriya)
• Latvian: artilērija f
• Lithuanian: artilerija f
• Macedonian: артилерија f (artilerija)
• Malay: artileri (ms)
• Maori: mīhini turaki
• Mon:ကြိယာစက်ပၞာန် (mnw),ဒပ်ပၞာန်ပလံက် (mnw)
• Norman: artill'lie f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: artilleri n

  Nynorsk: artilleri n

• Pali: please add this translation if you can

  Mon: ^{(please verify)} နာဋ္ဌိယန္တသေနာ f (nāṭṭhiyantasenā)

• Persian: توپخانه (fa) (tupxâne)
• Polish: artyleria (pl) f
• Portuguese: artilharia (pt)
• Romanian: artilerie (ro) f
• Russian: артилле́рия (ru) f (artillérija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: то̏пништво n, артиљѐрија f

  Roman: tȍpništvo (sh) n, artiljèrija (sh) f

• Slovak: delo n
• Slovene: topništvo (sl) n, artilerija (sl) f
• Spanish: artillería (es) f
• Swedish: artilleri (sv) n
• Tajik: тӯп (tüp), артиллерия (artilleriya)
• Thai: ปืนใหญ่ (th) (bpʉʉn-yài)
• Turkish: topçuluk (tr)
• Turkmen: artilleriýa (tk)
• Ukrainian: артиле́рія (uk) f (artylérija)
• Urdu: توپ خانَہ m (top xānā)
• Uzbek: artilleriya (uz)
• Vietnamese: pháo (vi), pháo binh (vi)
• Welsh: magnelau f pl, magnelaeth f
• Yiddish: האַרמאַט m (harmat), אַרטילעריע f (artilerye)

army unit

• Albanian: artileri (sq)
• Armenian: հրետանի (hy) (hretani)
• Belarusian: артыле́рыя f (artyljéryja)
• Bengali: গোলন্দাজ (bn) (gōlondaj), গোলন্দাজী বাহিনী (gōlondaji bahini)
• Bulgarian: артиле́рия (bg) f (artilérija)
• Catalan: artilleria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 炮兵部隊／炮兵部队 (pàobīng bùduì)

• Czech: dělostřelectvo (cs) n, artilerie (cs) f
• Finnish: tykistö (fi)
• Galician: artillaría f
• German: Geschützwesen n, Artillerie (de) f
• Greek: πυροβολικό (el) n (pyrovolikó)
• Hungarian: tüzérség (hu)
• Ido: artilrio (io)
• Irish: airtléire f
• Italian: artiglieria (it) f
• Japanese: 砲兵隊 (ja) (ほうへいたい, hōheitai), 特科 (ja) (tokka)
• Korean: 포병대(砲兵隊) (ko) (pobyeongdae)
• Latin: res tormentaria f, tormenta (la) n pl; ^{(please verify)} artillaria f, ^{(please verify)} artilleria f
• Macedonian: артилерија f (artilerija)
• Norman: artill'lie f (Jersey)
• Ottoman Turkish: طوپجیلق (topculuk)
• Polish: artyleria (pl) f
• Portuguese: artilharia (pt)
• Romanian: artilerie (ro) f
• Russian: артилле́рия (ru) f (artillérija)
• Slovak: delostrelectvo n, artiléria f
• Spanish: artillería (es) f
• Swedish: artilleri (sv) n
• Turkish: topçuluk (tr)
• Ukrainian: артиле́рія (uk) f (artylérija)

gunnery (science)

• Albanian: artileri (sq) f
• Bengali: গোলন্দাজী (bn) (gōlondaji)
• Bulgarian: артиле́рия (bg) f (artilérija)
• Catalan: artilleria (ca) f
• Finnish: tykistöoppi
• Galician: artillaría f
• Greek: πυροβολική (el) f (pyrovolikí)
• Macedonian: артилерија f (artilerija)
• Russian: артилле́рия (ru) f (artillérija)
• Welsh: magnelaeth f

References

• “artillery”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “artillery”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.