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Webster 1913 Edition

Firearm

Fire′armˊ

(fīr′ärmˊ)

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Noun.

A gun, pistol, or any weapon from which a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.

Definition 2024

firearm

firearm

English

Noun

firearm ‎(plural firearms)

A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.

Antonyms

cold weapon, white arm

Hypernyms

ranged weapon

Hyponyms

See Wikisaurus:firearm.

Translations

personal weapon

Arabic: سِلَاح نَارِيّ m ‎(silāḥ nāriyy)
Asturian: arma de fueu f
Basque: su-arma
Breton: arm-tan (br) m
Bulgarian: огнестрелно оръжие n ‎(ognestrelno orǎžie)
Catalan: arma de foc f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 火器 (zh) ‎(huǒqì), 槍械 (zh), 枪械 (zh) ‎(qiāngxiè), (archaic) 火槍 (zh), 火枪 (zh) ‎(huǒqiāng)
Czech: střelná zbraň f
Danish: ildvåben n (literary, but old-fashioned), skydevåben (da) n
Dutch: vuurwapen (nl) n
Esperanto: pafilo
Finnish: tuliase (fi)
French: arme à feu (fr) f
Galician: arma de fogo f
Georgian: ცეცხლსასროლი იარაღი ‎(cecxlsasroli iaraɣi)
German: Schusswaffe (de) f, Feuerwaffe (de) f
Greek: πυροβόλο όπλο n ‎(pyrovólo óplo)
Hungarian: tűzfegyver (hu), lőfegyver (hu)
Icelandic: skotvopn (is) n
Ido: pafarmo (io), pafilo (io)
Irish: arm tine m
Italian: arma da fuoco (it) f

Japanese: 火器 (ja) ‎(かき, kaki), ファイアアーム ‎(faiaāmu)
Khmer: កាំភ្លើង (km) ‎(kampləəŋ)
Korean: 화기 ‎(hwagi) (火器 (ko))
Lao:
Latin: arma ignifera n pl
Macedonian: огнено оружје n ‎(ogneno oružje)
Malay: senjata api
Maori: pū, kōpere tupua
Mongolian: галт зэвсэг ‎(galt zevseg), буу (mn) ‎(buu)
Ngazidja Comorian: mzinga class 3/4
Norwegian:

Bokmål: skytevåpen (no) n

Nynorsk: skytevåpen n, skjotevåpen n
Persian: تفنگ (fa) ‎(tofang), اسلحه گرم ‎(aslahe garm)
Polish: broń palna (pl) f
Portuguese: arma de fogo (pt) f
Romanian: armă de foc (ro) f
Russian: огнестре́льное ору́жие (ru) n ‎(ognestrélʹnoje orúžije)
Spanish: arma de fuego (es) f
Swedish: skjutvapen (sv) n, eldvapen (sv) n
Vietnamese: hoả khí, vũ khí nóng
Volapük: filavaf (vo)
West Frisian: sjitark n, fjoerwapen n