Polyglot Dictionary

missile

/mi.sil/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Military Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les missiles

Meaning

  1. missile

    • Le missile est intercepté en plein vol.

      The missile is intercepted in mid-flight.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

misil

misil is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "missile."

Portuguese

míssil

míssil is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "missile."

Practice

1 What does missile mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ est intercepté en plein vol.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches missile?

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