obus

Concepts

howitzer

gun

🔫

grenade

round

shell

🐚

trench mortar

mortar

Synonyms

morteiro

Translations

obice

Haubitze

obús

obusier

houwitser

obús

obus

Granate

obus

🐚

grenade

χόβιτζερ

οβιδοβόλο

mortier

Geschütz

Pronounced as (IPA)

/oˈbu(j)s/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: obus

In summary

From French obus (“shell”), from German Haubitze (“howitzer”), from Czech houfnice (“catapult”), from houf (“throng”), from Old High German houf (“heap”), from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.