javelin

Etymology
From, from , diminutive of , diminutive of , from , from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from , from. The Old French term was also borrowed into 🇨🇬 as, and into 🇨🇬 as. Cognate with,.

Noun

 * 1) A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
 * 2) A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.
 * 3) A javelinfish.
 * 1) A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.
 * 2) A javelinfish.
 * 1) A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.
 * 2) A javelinfish.
 * 1) A javelinfish.

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: javelina
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, kastespyd
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: ĵetlanco
 * Finnish:, heittokeihäs
 * French:
 * Middle French: javeline
 * Galician: xavelina, bofordo, bafordo, ascuma, azagaia, venabre
 * Georgian: ოროლი, ჰოროლი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀκόντιον, σαύνιον, ὑσσός
 * Hebrew:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: sleá
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 投げ槍,
 * Latin: pīlum, verūtum
 * Latvian: šķēps
 * Lithuanian: akstis
 * Macedonian: џилит
 * Malay: lembing
 * Maori: mākoi, tārerarera
 * Middle English: launce, dart
 * Mon:,
 * Old French: javelot, dart
 * Pali: satti
 * Persian:, , ,
 * Plautdietsch: Spiess
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak: oštep
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: balibabat, habalina
 * Tajik: зӯпин
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎍𐎈
 * Ukrainian: дрото́к
 * Welsh: gwaywffon


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: javelina
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ĵetlanco
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: xavelina
 * Georgian: ხელშუბი, სატყორცნი შუბი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀκόντιον
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: ジャベリン,
 * Latvian: šķēps
 * Lithuanian: akstis, ietis
 * Macedonian: копје
 * Malayalam: ജാവലിൻ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: spyd, spjut
 * Ottoman Turkish: جرید
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Spiess
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: oštep
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: balibabat, habalina
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: gwaywffon


 * Korean:
 * Serbo-Croatian:

Verb

 * 1)  To pierce with a javelin.