missile
French, noun/mi.sil/
missile is spelled M-I-S-S-I-L-E (7 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written French, the 8,831st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Missile is a French masculine noun meaning “missile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Projectile”.
What does missile mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemissile
- 2
masculineslangbombshell, hottie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Projectile. 2. Bombe disposant de son propre système de propulsion, autoguidée ou téléguidée. 3. Coup bas, critique.
adjective: 1. Qui est apte à être lancé, qui se jette.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of missile
- missiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce missile?
- /mi.sil/
- \mi.sil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to missile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is missile in French?
missile appears 6.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).