artillery
UK/ɑːˈtɪləɹi//ɑɹˈtɪləɹi/
artillery noun: large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
Noun
artillery (countable and uncountable, plural artilleries)
- Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
- An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
- Gunnery (design and manufacture of guns).
- Weapons, especially siege engines.
- And Ionathan gaue his artillery vnto his ladde, and said vnto him, Goe, cary them to the citie.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 20:40
- 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. 40.1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 24, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 330
- One or more guns.
artillery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
artillery in Hindi
- weapon
- तोपख़ाना topxānā, आर्टिलरी ārṭilrī
artillery in Tamil
- சேணேவி
artillery in Marathi
- तोफखाना, तोफखाने, तोफखान्या
artillery in Urdu
- weapon
- توپ خانَہ top xāna
More languagesFewer languages
- artillery in Bengali
- গোলন্দাজ gōlondaj, গোলন্দাজী বাহিনী gōlondaji bahini, গোলন্দাজী gōlondaji, তোপ tōp
- artillery in Telugu
- ఫిరంగిదళం, ఫిరంగి దళం
- artillery in Malayalam
- വലിയ തോക്കുകൾ, പീരങ്കിപട്ടാളം, കവചിതസേന, പീരങ്കിപ്രയോഗശാസ്ത്രം
- artillery in Kannada
- ಫಿರಂಗಿಗಳು, ಫಿರಂಗಿದಳ
- artillery in Punjabi
- ਤੋਪਖਾਨੇ, ਤੋਪਖ਼ਾਨੇ, ਤੋਪਖਾਨਾ
- artillery in Gujarati
- તોપખાના, તોપખાનું, તોપખાનાં
- artillery in Odia
- ତୋପଖାନା
- artillery in Nepali
- तोपखाना, तोपखाने, तोपखानाहरू
- artillery in Arabic
- مِدْفَعِيّة midfaʕiyya
- artillery in Malay
- artileri
- artillery in Indonesian
- artileri
- artillery in Thai
- ปืนใหญ่ bpʉʉn-yài
- artillery in Vietnamese
- pháo, pháo binh
- artillery in Myanmar
- အမြောက် a.mrauk
Examples of artillery in a sentence
- Use "say again" instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire.
- Before the invasion, we softened up the enemy with the artillery.
- At dawn we really let 'em have it with a 30 minute artillery barrage.
Forms of artillery
| plural | artilleries |
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Origin of artillery
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”).
Words formed from artillery
- antiartillery
- artillator
- artillerist
- artillery fern
- artillery fungus
- artillery game
- artillery loop
- artilleryman
- artillery mold
- artillery plant
- artillery tube
- artillery wheel
- artillerywoman
- counterartillery
- field artillery
- heavy artillery
- horse artillery
- light artillery
- medium artillery
- nonartillery
- nuclear artillery
- rocket artillery
- tube artillery
Phrases with artillery
Questions about artillery
- What does artillery mean?
- Artillery means large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
- What is artillery in Hindi?
- Artillery in Hindi is तोपख़ाना (topxānā), आर्टिलरी (ārṭilrī). See Artillery meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is artillery?
- Artillery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce artillery?
- Artillery is pronounced /ɑːˈtɪləɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of artillery?
- The plural of artillery is artilleries.
Words near artillery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: artillery (page history and authors); artillery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); artillery (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); artillery (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); artillery (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); artillery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); artillery (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); artillery (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); artillery (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); artillery (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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