Firearm

//ˈfaɪəɹˌɑː(ɹ)m//

Synonyms for "firearm" (37 found)

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Noun(5 words)
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Related words (18)

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Translations

116 translations across 84 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • vuurwapen noun (personal weapon)

Arabic

1 entries
  • سِلَاح نَارِيّ noun (personal weapon)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հրազեն noun (personal weapon)

Asturian

1 entries
  • arma de fueu noun (personal weapon)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • odlu silah noun (personal weapon)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • атыу ҡоралы noun (personal weapon)

Basque

1 entries
  • su-arma noun (personal weapon)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • агнястрэ́льная збро́я noun (personal weapon)

Bengali

1 entries
  • আগ্নেয়াস্ত্র noun (personal weapon)

Breton

1 entries
  • arm-tan noun (personal weapon)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • огнестре́лно оръ́жие noun (personal weapon)

Catalan

1 entries
  • arma de foc noun (personal weapon)

Chechen

1 entries
  • долу герз noun (personal weapon)

Chinese

1 entries
  • чёнпо noun (personal weapon)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 槍械 /枪械 noun (personal weapon)
  • 槍炮 /枪炮 noun (personal weapon)
  • 火器 noun (personal weapon)
  • 火槍 /火枪 noun (personal weapon)

Czech

1 entries
  • palná zbraň noun (personal weapon)

Danish

2 entries
  • ildvåben noun (personal weapon)
  • skydevåben noun (personal weapon)

Dutch

1 entries
  • vuurwapen noun (personal weapon)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • pafarmilo noun (personal weapon)
  • pafilo noun (personal weapon)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tulirelv noun (personal weapon)

Faroese

1 entries
  • skotvápn noun (personal weapon)

Finnish

1 entries
  • tuliase noun (personal weapon)

French

2 entries
  • arme à feu noun (personal weapon)
  • flingue noun (personal weapon)

Galician

1 entries
  • arma de fogo noun (personal weapon)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ცეცხლსასროლი იარაღი noun (personal weapon)

German

3 entries
  • Feuerarm noun (personal weapon)
  • Feuerwaffe noun (personal weapon)
  • Schusswaffe noun (personal weapon)

Greek

1 entries
  • πυροβόλο όπλο noun (personal weapon)

Hausa

1 entries
  • bindiga noun (personal weapon)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • נֶשֶׁק חַם noun (personal weapon)

Hindi

1 entries
  • अग्निशस्त्र noun (personal weapon)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • lőfegyver noun (personal weapon)
  • tűzfegyver noun (personal weapon)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skotvopn noun (personal weapon)

Ido

2 entries
  • pafarmo noun (personal weapon)
  • pafilo noun (personal weapon)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • senjata api noun (personal weapon)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • اَسْلَحِهٔ گَرْم noun (personal weapon)
  • تُفَنْگ noun (personal weapon)
  • سِلاحِ گَرْم noun (personal weapon)

Irish

1 entries
  • arm tine noun (personal weapon)

Italian

1 entries
  • arma da fuoco noun (personal weapon)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ファイアアーム noun (personal weapon)
  • 火器 noun (personal weapon)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • оқатар қару noun (personal weapon)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កាំភ្លើង noun (personal weapon)

Korean

1 entries
  • 화기 noun (personal weapon)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • атылма курал noun (personal weapon)

Lao

2 entries
  • ປືນ noun (personal weapon)
  • ອາວຸດປືນ noun (personal weapon)

Latin

2 entries
  • arma ignifera noun (personal weapon)
  • sclopetum noun (personal weapon)

Latvian

1 entries
  • šaujamierocis noun (personal weapon)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • šaunamasis ginklas noun (personal weapon)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Feierwaff noun (personal weapon)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • огнено оружје noun (personal weapon)

Malay

1 entries
  • senjata api noun (personal weapon)

Maltese

1 entries
  • arma tan-nar noun (personal weapon)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • буу noun (personal weapon)
  • галт зэвсэг noun (personal weapon)

Māori

2 entries
  • kōpere tupua noun (personal weapon)
  • pū noun (personal weapon)

Nepali

2 entries
  • गोली गठ्ठा noun (personal weapon)
  • शस्त्र noun (personal weapon)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • mzinga noun (personal weapon)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • skytevåpen noun (personal weapon)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • skjotevåpen noun (personal weapon)
  • skytevåpen noun (personal weapon)

Occitan

1 entries
  • arma de fuòc noun (personal weapon)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Scheetjewäa noun (personal weapon)

Polish

2 entries
  • broń palna noun (personal weapon)
  • giwera noun (personal weapon)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • arma de fogo noun (personal weapon)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • آتشیں اسلحہ noun (personal weapon)
  • ਆਤਸ਼ੀ ਅਸਲਾ noun (personal weapon)

Quechua

1 entries
  • t'uqyachina ayñi noun (personal weapon)

Romanian

1 entries
  • armă de foc noun (personal weapon)

Russian

1 entries
  • огнестре́льное ору́жие noun (personal weapon)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • vatreno oružje noun (personal weapon)
  • ватрено оружје noun (personal weapon)

Slovak

1 entries
  • palná zbraň noun (personal weapon)

Slovene

1 entries
  • ognjeno orožje noun (personal weapon)

Spanish

3 entries
  • arma de fuego noun (personal weapon)
  • arma pírica / ígnea / ignífera / vulcania noun (personal weapon)
  • chimba (artisanal) noun (personal weapon)

Swahili

1 entries
  • silaha ya moto noun (personal weapon)

Swedish

2 entries
  • eldvapen noun (personal weapon)
  • skjutvapen noun (personal weapon)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • sandatang pumuputok noun (personal weapon)

Tajik

1 entries
  • аслиҳаи оташфишон noun (personal weapon)

Tamil

1 entries
  • சுடுகலன் noun (personal weapon)

Telugu

1 entries
  • తుపాకి noun (personal weapon)

Tetum

1 entries
  • kilat noun (personal weapon)

Thai

3 entries
  • ปืน noun (personal weapon)
  • ปืนไฟ noun (personal weapon)
  • อาวุธปืน noun (personal weapon)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ateşli silah noun (personal weapon)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • вогнепа́льна збро́я noun (personal weapon)

Urdu

1 entries
  • آتِشی اَسْلِحَہ noun (personal weapon)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • otish quroli noun (personal weapon)
  • oʻtochar qurol noun (personal weapon)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • hoả khí noun (personal weapon)
  • vũ khí nóng noun (personal weapon)

Volapük

1 entries
  • filavaf noun (personal weapon)

Welsh

3 entries
  • arf tanio noun (personal weapon)
  • arf tân noun (personal weapon)
  • dryll noun (personal weapon)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • fjoerwapen noun (personal weapon)
  • sjitark noun (personal weapon)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Gun makers have been able to escape responsibility for firearm violence.

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Can you handle a firearm?

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I don't have a firearm.

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I unholstered my firearm.

Source: tatoeba (4499731)

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