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English A crossbow
Etymology From Middle English crosbowe crossebowe cross bow
Pronunciation
Noun crossbow (plural crossbows
A mechanised weapon , based on the bow and arrow , that shoots bolts .
A portable ballista that can be held in the hand.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations mechanised weapon based on the bow
Ahom: 𑜀𑜂𑜫 ( kaṅ )
Arabic: قَوْس إفْرَنْجِيَّة f ( qaws ʔifranjiyya )
Asturian: ballesta f
Basque: balezta
Belarusian: арбале́т m ( arbaljét ) , самастрэ́л m ( samastrél )
Bulgarian: арбале́т (bg) m ( arbalét )
Burmese: ဒူးလေး (my) ( du:le: )
Buryat: һаали ( haali )
Catalan: ballesta (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 弩 (zh) ( nǔ )
Czech: kuše (cs) f
Danish: armbrøst (da) c
Dutch: kruisboog (nl) m
Esperanto: arbalesto
Estonian: amb vibupüss arbalett pandpüss
Finnish: varsijousi (fi) , jalkajousi (fi)
French: arbalète (fr) f
Galician: bésta (gl) f
German: Armbrust (de) f Alemannic German: Armbruscht f
Greek: βαλλίστρα (el) f ( vallístra )
Ancient: γαστραφέτης m ( gastraphétēs )
Hebrew: קשת מוצלבת f ( késhet mutslévet )
Hungarian: számszeríj (hu)
Icelandic: lásbogi m
Irish: crosbhogha m
Italian: balestra (it) f
Japanese: 弩 (ja) ( いしゆみ, ishiyumi ) , クロスボウ (ja) ( kurosubō ) , ボウガン (ja) ( bōgan )
Jarai: hraŏ
Kazakh: арбалет ( arbalet )
Khmer: ស្នា (km) ( snaa )
Korean: 석궁(石弓) (ko) ( seokgung )
Lao: ໜ້າໄມ້ ( nā mai )
Latin: disputed , possiblyarcuballista f or manuballista f ; Mediaeval arballista f
Latvian: stops (lv) m arbalets m
Lithuanian: arbaletas m
Lü: ᦂᦱᧂᧈ ( k̇aang¹ ) , ᦒᦓᦴ ( thnuu ) , ᦡᧄᦺᦙᧉ ( ḋammay² )
Luxembourgish: Fitschebou m Aarmbroscht f
Macedonian: са́мострел m ( sámostrel ) , та́тарник m ( tátarnik )
Malagasy: arbaleta (mg)
Maltese: qaws mimdud m
Marathi: क्रॉसबो m ( krŏsbo )
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: armbrøst m
Nynorsk: armbrøst m
Occitan: arcbalesta f balèsta (oc) f
Old Galician-Portuguese: baesta
Ottoman Turkish: زنبرك ( zenberek ) , چرخ ( çarh )
Persian: کمان زنبورکی ( kamân-e zanburaki )
Polish: kusza (pl) f samostrzał m
Portuguese: besta (pt) f
Romanian: arbaletă (ro) f
Romansch: balester m ( Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran ) , ballester m ( Sursilvan ) , balaister m ( Puter, Vallader )
Russian: арбале́т (ru) m ( arbalét ) , самостре́л (ru) m ( samostrél )
Scottish Gaelic: crois-bhogha f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: куша f самострел m стреломет m
Roman: kuša (sh) f samostrel m strelomet m
Shan: ၵၢင်ႇ (shn) ( kàang )
Slovak: kuša (sk) f
Slovene: samostrel m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: prokawa f
Upper Sorbian: prokawa f
Spanish: ballesta (es) f
Swedish: armborst (sv) n
Tagalog: pasulo balyesta
Thai: หน้าไม้ (th) ( nâa-máai )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: tatar yayı arbalet (tr)
Ukrainian: арбале́т (uk) m ( arbalét ) , самострі́л m ( samostríl )
Vietnamese: ná (vi) , nỏ (vi)
Walloon: årbalesse (wa) f
Welsh: bwa croes m
White Hmong: hneev
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
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