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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin prōiectilis (“projectile”), from Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth; extend; expel”). By surface analysis, proietto + -ile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈjɛt.ti.le/
- Rhymes: -ɛttile
- Hyphenation: pro‧ièt‧ti‧le
Adjective
proiettile (plural proiettili)
- Synonym of propulsivo
Noun
proiettile m (plural proiettili)
- projectile
- bullet
Derived terms
Further reading
- proiettile in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- proiettile in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- proiettile in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- proiettile in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- proièttile in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- proièttile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana