fusil

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfjuːzɪl/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fusill, from Old French fusel, fuisel, from a late Latin diminutive of Latin fūsus (“spindle”). ==== Noun ==== fusil (plural fusils) (heraldry) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle French fusil, ultimately from Latin focus (“hearth; fire”). Doublet of fusee. ==== Noun ==== fusil (plural fusils) (now historical) A light flintlock musket or firelock. ===== Synonyms ===== fusee ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Alternative forms. ==== Adjective ==== fusil (comparative more fusil, superlative most fusil) Obsolete spelling of fusile. == French == === Etymology === From Old French fuisil, foisil, from Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), from Latin focus. Compare Italian fucile. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fy.zi/ === Noun === fusil m (plural fusils) rifle, gun steel to strike sparks from a flint (pierre à fusil) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Saint Dominican Creole French: fisilHaitian Creole: fizi → Louisiana Creole: fizi → Catalan: fusell → Spanish: fusil → Portuguese: fuzil === Further reading === “fusil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French fusil. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fuˈsil/ [fuˈsil] Rhymes: -il Syllabification: fu‧sil === Noun === fusil m (plural fusiles) rifle Synonym: rifle ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: pusil→ Western Bukidnon Manobo: pusil → Ilocano: pusil === Further reading === “fusil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025