howitzer

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch houwitser, from German Haubitze, from Middle High German haufniz, from Czech houfnice, which was derived from houf (“flock, crowd”) +‎ -nice. The Czech noun houf comes from Middle High German hufe (“heap”), from Old High German hūfo. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhaʊ.ɪts.ə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhaʊ.ɪts.əɹ/ === Noun === howitzer (plural howitzers) A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers. (sports, rugby, ice hockey) A powerfully hit shot. ==== Coordinate terms ==== gun, field gun, mortar ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === howitzer (third-person singular simple present howitzers, present participle howitzering, simple past and past participle howitzered) (transitive) To attack with a howitzer. === See also === indirect fire === References === howitzer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “howitzer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English howitzer, from Dutch houwitser, from German Haubitze, from Middle High German haufniz, from Czech houfnice, which was derived from houf (“flock, crowd”) +‎ -nice. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /hoˈwitzər/ [hoˈwit̪̚.zər] Rhymes: -itzər Syllabification: ho‧wit‧zer === Noun === howitzer (plural howitzer-howitzer) (military) howitzer (a cannon) === Further reading === “howitzer”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016