Meaning

7 senses
  1. A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.

    Pfeil

    стрела́strelá

    стріла́strilá

    a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow

  2. A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g.→).

    Pfeil

    стре́лкаstrélka

    стрі́лкаstrílka

    a mark to indicate a direction or relation

  3. A directed edge.

  4. A morphism.

  5. (colloquial)A dart.

  6. The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.

  7. The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.

Examples

131 sentences
  1. Tom was shot through the heart with an arrow from a crossbow.

    Том був застрелений у серце стрілою з арбалета.

    ruТом был застрелен в сердце стрелой из арбалета.

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  2. He shot an arrow at the deer.

    ruОн пустил стрелу в оленя.

    deEr schoß mit einem Pfeil auf das Reh.

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  3. He shot an arrow at the soldier.

    ruОн пустил стрелу в солдата.

    deEr schoss einen Pfeil auf den Soldaten.

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  4. The arrow fell short of the target.

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  5. The arrow indicates the way to go.

    ruСтрелка указывает направление движения.

    deDer Pfeil zeigt die Richtung an, in die man gehen muss.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
projectile:
symbol:
Русский
By meaning 2
projectile:
symbol:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
projectile:

Origin

From Middle English arwe, from Old English earh (“arrow”) (oblique form ēarw-), from Proto

From Middle English arwe, from Old English earh (“arrow”) (oblique form ēarw-), from Proto-West Germanic *arhu (“arrow”), from Proto-Germanic *arhwō (“arrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate with Faroese ørv, ørvur (“arrow”), Icelandic ör (“arrow”), örvar (“arrows”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 (arƕazna, “dart”), Asturian and Leonese arcu (“bow”), Aragonese, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish arco (“bow”), Catalan, French, and Romanian arc (“bow”), Latin arcus (“bow”). Doublet of arch, arc, arco, and arcus.

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