obus

Borrowed from French obus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.bʏs/, /oːˈbʏs/

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• Hyphenation: obus
• Rhymes: -ʏs

obus m (plural obussen, diminutive obusje n)

1. (Belgium, military) An artillery shell, particularly one from the First World War.

From German Haubitze, from Czech houfnice (“catapult”).

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.by/, /o.by/

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obus m (plural obus)

1. (military) shell (cylindrical projectile)
   • 2011 September 22, “Une Libye aux allures d'hécatombe”, in L'Obs:

     Une rafale d’obus de mortiers est tombée près du poste médical. Panique.

     A volley of mortar shells have fallen near the medical post. Panic.

• obusier (“howitzer”)

• → Catalan: obús
• → Dutch: obus
• → Ottoman Turkish: اوبوز‎, اوبوس‎ (obüs)
  • Turkish: obüs
• → Portuguese: obus
• → Romanian: obuz
• → Spanish: obús

• “obus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• bous

From French obus (“shell”), from German Haubitze (“howitzer”), from Czech houfnice (“catapult”), from houf (“throng”), from Old High German houf (“heap”), from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.

• Hyphenation: o‧bus

obus m (plural obuses)

1. howitzer

• granada, morteiro, canhão, artilharia

• opus

From Latin opus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈobus/, [ˈoː.β̞u.zŭ]

obus m (plural obos)

1. work (of art, litarature...), deed, accomplishment