projectile
French, noun/pʁɔ.ʒɛk.til/
projectile is spelled P-R-O-J-E-C-T-I-L-E (10 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 20,952nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Projectile is a French masculine noun meaning “projectile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tout corps lancé par une force quelconque”.
What does projectile mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprojectile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tout corps lancé par une force quelconque. 2. Balle, obus, et en général de tout corps lancé par une arme de jet ou une arme à feu.
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 projectile
- projectiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce projectile?
- /pʁɔ.ʒɛk.til/
- \pʁɔ.ʒɛk.til\
- [pʁɔ.ʒɛk.til]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to projectile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is projectile in French?
projectile appears 1.9 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).