Also means
projectile
Usage Note
Proiettile is the standard term for any projectile or bullet fired from a weapon. A learner might confuse it with pistola (the gun) or colpo (the shot); proiettile refers specifically to the physical object. The plural is regular: i proiettili.
Examples
"Il proiettile ha colpito il muro."
Natural Translation
The bullet hit the wall.
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