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/fy.ze/
Translation
rocket
Word origin
From Old French fusee ('a spindleful of thread'), from Latin fusus ('spindle'). Early rockets were named after the shape of a loaded spindle.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- fusus
- English cognates
- fuse
Grammar
Examples
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The rocket lifted off at six o'clock.
l'.
Two rockets were launched from the island.
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He runs like a rocket.
transporte .
The rocket is carrying three men to the moon.
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The children drew a rocket on the wall.
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