harpoon

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
2. A sharp tip within a disposable syringe, used to penetrate the stopper.
3. (slang) A harmonica.

Verb

To shoot something with a harpoon.

Concepts

harpon

harponner

lance

Synonymes

spear

lance

fish-spear

gaff

fizgig

dart

🎯

pike

fishing spear

tren

wap

leister

assagai

projectile point

fish-fork

fish spear

gig

grains

javelin

Traductions

Harpune

arpón

καμάκι

arpione

arpão

harpoen

arpó

rampone

fiocina

arpionare

harpoeneren

arponear

arpone

zıpkın

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hɑːɹˈpuːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à latin: harpagō

In summary

From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a rare variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”). Sense and spelling perhaps influenced by Dutch harpoen (“harpoon”). Doublet of harpagon.

Phrases

In June , she participated in Operation Harpoon , providing air cover for the Malta-bound convoy .