missile

Significado (Inglés)

  1. Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
  2. A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched.

Frecuencia

C1
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈmɪsaɪl/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Latin missile (“thrown weapon, projectile”), neuter of missilis (“throwable, capable of being thrown”), from mittere (“to send”). From 1611. Compare Middle French missile (“projectile”), from 1636.

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