Javelin

//ˈd͡ʒæv.(ə.)lɪn//

Synonyms for "javelin" (4 found)

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Noun(1 words)
javelinfish

Related words (2)

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More general

5 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

8 entries

etymologically related_to

2 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

12 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

121 translations across 55 languages.

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Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • σαύνιον noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • ἀκόντιον noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • ἀκόντιον noun (spear used in athletic competition)
  • ὑσσός noun (spear used as a weapon)

Armenian

2 entries
  • աշտե noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • նիզակ noun (spear used as a weapon)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • копие noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • копие noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Catalan

2 entries
  • javelina noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • javelina noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 標槍 /标枪 noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • 標槍 /标枪 noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Czech

2 entries
  • oštěp noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • oštěp noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Danish

3 entries
  • kastespyd noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • spyd noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • spyd noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Dutch

2 entries
  • speer noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • speer noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ĵetlanco noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • ĵetlanco noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Finnish

3 entries
  • heittokeihäs noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • keihäs noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • keihäs noun (spear used in athletic competition)

French

2 entries
  • javelot noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • javelot noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Galician

4 entries
  • ascuma noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • azagaia noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • bafordo noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • bofordo noun (spear used as a weapon)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ოროლი noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • სატყორცნი შუბი noun (spear used in athletic competition)
  • ხელშუბი noun (spear used in athletic competition)
  • ჰოროლი noun (spear used as a weapon)

German

2 entries
  • Speer noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • Speer noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Greek

2 entries
  • ακόντιο noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • ακόντιο noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • כידון noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • כידון noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • gerely noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Ido

2 entries
  • javelino noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • javelino noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • lembing noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • lembing noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Irish

1 entries
  • sleá noun (spear used as a weapon)

Italian

1 entries
  • giavellotto noun (spear used as a weapon)

Japanese

4 entries
  • やり noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • ジャベリン noun (spear used in athletic competition)
  • 投げ槍 noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • 槍 noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Latin

2 entries
  • pīlum noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • verūtum noun (spear used as a weapon)

Latvian

2 entries
  • šķēps noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • šķēps noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • akstis noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • akstis noun (spear used in athletic competition)
  • ietis noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • копје noun (spear used in athletic competition)
  • џилит noun (spear used as a weapon)

Malay

1 entries
  • lembing noun (spear used as a weapon)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ജാവലിൻ noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Middle English

2 entries
  • dart noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • launce noun (spear used as a weapon)

Middle French

1 entries
  • javeline noun (spear used as a weapon)

Mon

2 entries
  • သၞာ်သၟတ် noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • ၜုန်ဇၞိက် noun (spear used as a weapon)

Māori

2 entries
  • mākoi noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • tārerarera noun (spear used as a weapon)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • spyd noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • spjut noun (spear used in athletic competition)
  • spyd noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Old French

2 entries
  • dart noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • javelot noun (spear used as a weapon)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • جرید noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Pali

1 entries
  • satti noun (spear used as a weapon)

Persian

4 entries
  • خشت noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • زوبین noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • سل noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • نیزه noun (spear used as a weapon)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Spiess noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • Spiess noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Polish

2 entries
  • oszczep noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • oszczep noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • dardo noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • dardo noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Romanian

2 entries
  • suliță noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • suliță noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Russian

4 entries
  • дро́тик noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • копьё noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • копьё noun (spear used in athletic competition)
  • су́лица noun (spear used as a weapon)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • शल्य noun (spear used as a weapon)

Slovak

2 entries
  • oštep noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • oštep noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Slovene

2 entries
  • kopje noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • kopje noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Spanish

2 entries
  • jabalina noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • jabalina noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Swedish

2 entries
  • kastspjut noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • spjut noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • balibabat noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • balibabat noun (spear used in athletic competition)
  • habalina noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • habalina noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Tajik

1 entries
  • зӯпин noun (spear used as a weapon)

Turkish

4 entries
  • cirit noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • cirit noun (spear used in athletic competition)
  • kargı noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • mızrak noun (spear used as a weapon)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎌𐎍𐎈 noun (spear used as a weapon)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • спис noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • спис noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Urdu

2 entries
  • نیزَہ noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • نیزَہ noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Welsh

2 entries
  • gwaywffon noun (spear used as a weapon)
  • gwaywffon noun (spear used in athletic competition)

Sample sentences

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The javelin thrower's record was 12 metres.

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He would give a javelin, so that he would receive a coat.

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Yanni threw the javelin.

Source: tatoeba (9956042)

The coin's face depicts a javelin thrower.

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