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artillery

/ɑːˈtɪləi/ahr-TIH-lur-ee
/ɑɹˈtɪlɚi/ahr-TIH-lur-ee

Meaningto make machines

Common meaning: big guns

Journey through time

  1. Late Latinartillare‘to make machines’source
  2. Old Frenchartillersource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto make machines → big gunsartillery‘big guns’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Late Latin artillare ‘to make machines’.

Roots

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