From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
[en], from [en], from [en], from [en], which was derived from [cs]. The Czech
noun _houf_ comes from [en], from [en].[1]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A cannon that combine s certain characteristics of field gun s and mortar s, delivering projectile s with medium velocities , usually with relatively high trajectories ; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 caliber s.
2. [en] A powerfully hit shot .
3. * [en]
**** Coordinate terms
- [en] , [en] , [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|howitzerlike |Casaba howitzer|gun-howitzer|mountain howitzer}}
**** Translations
[a cannon]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko] [North Korea]
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
[trans-bottom]
[shot in sports]
- Bulgarian: [bg] [football]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- French: [fr]
- Italian: [it]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To attack with a howitzer .
*** See also
- [en]
*** References
- [pedia]
- [R:OneLook]
References:
[1]. [R:American_Heritage_Dictionary]
[en]