obus

Borrowed from French obus.

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obus m (plural obussen, diminutive obusje n)

1. (Belgium, military) 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", 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”)

• → Dutch: obus
• → Portuguese: obus
• → Spanish: obús

• “obus” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• bous

From French obus (“shell”), from German Haubitze (“howitzer”), from Czech houfnice (“catapault”), from houf (“throng”), from Old High German houf (“heap”), from Proto-Germanic *haupaz, fom Proto-Indo-European *koupos (hill).

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ˈbus/

obus m (plural obuses)

1. howitzer

• granada, morteiro, canhão, artilharia