míssil

Borrowed from English missile, from Latin missilis.

míssil m (plural míssils)

1. missile

• antimíssils
• llançamíssils
• missilístic

• “míssil”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Learned borrowing from Latin missilis (“that may be thrown”), from mittō (“to send”).

• Hyphenation: mís‧sil

míssil m (plural mísseis)

1. missile (any object to be thrown)
2. missile (self propelled projectile)

• míssil balístico intercontinental

• ogiva
• foguete
• propulsor