Gun

//ɡʌn//

Synonyms for "gun" (369 found)

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15 entries

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5 entries

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1 entries

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1 entries

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139 entries

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Translations

349 translations across 132 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • kanon noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)

Ainu

1 entries
  • テッポ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Albanian

2 entries
  • armë noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • pistoletë noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Amharic

2 entries
  • ሽጉጥ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • ጠመንጃ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Arabic

4 entries
  • طَبَنْجَة noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • مُسَدَّس noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • مُسَدَّس noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • مُسَدَّسَة noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ատրճանակ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • հրացան noun (less portable, long weapon)

Assamese

2 entries
  • বন্দুক noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • হিলৈ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • pistolet noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • tapança noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Banjarese

1 entries
  • sinapang noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • пістале́т noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বন্দুক noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • badil noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Breton

4 entries
  • arm-tan noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • arm-tan noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
  • kanol noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • pistolenn noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • лонгборд noun (long surfboard designed for surfing big waves)
  • оръ́дие noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • пистоле́т noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • пу́шка noun (less portable, long weapon)

Burmese

1 entries
  • သေနတ် noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Buryat

1 entries
  • буу noun (less portable, long weapon)

Catalan

4 entries
  • canó noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • escopeta noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • obús noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
  • pistola noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • دەمانچە noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Chechen

4 entries
  • тапча class ю noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • топ noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • топ noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • топ noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎦᎶᏇ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • ᎦᎶᏪ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 大砲 /大炮 noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • 手槍 /手枪 noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • 槍 /枪 noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • 火砲 /火炮 noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)

Corsican

4 entries
  • fucile noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • pistola noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • pistolettu noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • pistulettu noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Czech

3 entries
  • dělo noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • pistole noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • puška noun (less portable, long weapon)

Danish

4 entries
  • bøsse noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • gevær noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • haubits noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
  • håndvåben noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Dari

3 entries
  • تَپَانْچَه noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • تُفَنْگ noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • تُفَنْگْچَه noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Dolgan

1 entries
  • һаа noun (less portable, long weapon)

Dupaningan Agta

1 entries
  • palattug noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Dutch

4 entries
  • geweer noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • kanon noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • kanon noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
  • pistool noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • fusilo noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • fusilo noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • pafilo noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Finnish

4 entries
  • haupitsi noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
  • kivääri noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • pistooli noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • pyssy noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

French

4 entries
  • canon noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • flingue noun (shooting device functioning through stored energy)
  • flingue noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • fusil noun (less portable, long weapon)

Georgian

4 entries
  • თოფი noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • ქვემეხი noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • ქვემეხი noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • ქვემეხი noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)

German

4 entries
  • Geschütz noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • Geschütz noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
  • Gewehr noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • Handbüchse noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Greek

4 entries
  • κανόνι noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • περίστροφο noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • πιστόλι noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • τουφέκι noun (less portable, long weapon)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • બંદૂક noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Hausa

1 entries
  • bindiga noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • waikī noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • אֶקְדָּח noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • רוֹבֶה noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • תּוֹתָח noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • תּוֹתָח noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)

Hindi

3 entries
  • तमंचा noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • पिस्तौल noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • बंदूक़ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • löveg noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
  • lőfegyver noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • pisztoly noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • puska noun (less portable, long weapon)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • byssa noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • byssa noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • byssa noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
  • fallbyssa noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)

Ido

2 entries
  • fusilo noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • fusilo noun (less portable, long weapon)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pistol noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Ingush

1 entries
  • йоккха топ noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • تَپانْچِه noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • تُفَنْگ noun (less portable, long weapon)

Italian

4 entries
  • cannone noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • fucile noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • obice noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
  • pistola noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ガン noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • 大砲 noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • 鉄砲 noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Jarai

1 entries
  • phao noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • бу noun (less portable, long weapon)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಕೋವಿ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • пистолет noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • тапанша noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Khakas

1 entries
  • мылтых noun (less portable, long weapon)

Khmer

2 entries
  • កាំភ្លើង noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • កាំភ្លើង noun (less portable, long weapon)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • mũcinga noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Korean

3 entries
  • 권총 noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • пистолет noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • тапанча noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Lao

1 entries
  • ປືນ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Latin

2 entries
  • sclopetum noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • sclopetum noun (less portable, long weapon)

Latvian

4 entries
  • bise noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • lielgabals noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • pistole noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • revolveris noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Lepcha

1 entries
  • ᰠᰌᰬᰲᰕᰧ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Lingala

2 entries
  • bondóki noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • fataki noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • armota noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • pabūklas noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • patranka noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • pistoletas noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

1 entries
  • ᦓᦱᧆ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • пиштол noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • пушка noun (less portable, long weapon)

Malay

4 entries
  • bedil noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • bedil noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • pistol noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • senapang noun (less portable, long weapon)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • തോക്ക് noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Manchu

2 entries
  • ᠮᡳᠶ᠋ᠣᠣᠴᠠᠨ noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • ᠮᡳᠶᠣᠣᠴᠠᠨ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Marathi

2 entries
  • बंदूक noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • बंदूक noun (less portable, long weapon)

Minangkabau

4 entries
  • badia noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • mariam noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • mariam noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
  • sinapang noun (less portable, long weapon)

Mon

1 entries
  • သေနာတ် noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • буу noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • гар буу noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • ᠪᠤᠤ noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • ᠫᠤᠤ noun (less portable, long weapon)

Māori

2 entries
  • noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • pūrākau noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Nanai

1 entries
  • миоча̄н noun (less portable, long weapon)

Navajo

4 entries
  • beeʼeldǫǫh noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • beeʼeldǫǫh noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)

Newar

1 entries
  • तुपः noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries
  • ɓunɗuki noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • ɓunɗuki noun (less portable, long weapon)

Norman

2 entries
  • arme noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • arme noun (less portable, long weapon)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • demance noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • børse noun (shooting device functioning through stored energy)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • gevær noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • håndvåpen noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • kanon noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • skyts noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • gevær noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • håndvåpen noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • kanon noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)

Nǀuu

1 entries
  • ǃʻabu noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Occitan

1 entries
  • pistolet noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • baashkizigan noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Oromo

1 entries
  • qawwee noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Pali

1 entries
  • aggināḷi noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Pashto

4 entries
  • تفنګچه noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • تمانچه noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • تومانچه noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • توپنچه noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Plains-Cree

1 entries
  • ᐹᐢᑭᓯᑲᐣ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Flint noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Polish

4 entries
  • armata noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • działo noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • pistolet noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • rewolwer noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • arma de fogo noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • canhão noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • fuzil noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • obus noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)

Romanian

4 entries
  • pistol noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • pușcă noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • revolver noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • tun noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)

Russian

4 entries
  • ору́дие noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • ору́дие noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
  • пистоле́т noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • пу́шка noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • dag noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • gunna noun (less portable, long weapon)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pìštōlj noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • пѝшто̄љ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Shona

1 entries
  • pfuti noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Sicilian

3 entries
  • scupetta noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • scupetta noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • scupetta noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)

Sidamo

1 entries
  • qawwe noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • තුවක්කුවක් noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Slovak

4 entries
  • delo noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • kanón noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • pištoľ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • puška noun (less portable, long weapon)

Slovene

3 entries
  • havbica noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
  • puška noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • top noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • колмылтык noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • пистолет noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cañón noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • charpe noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • escopeta noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • fusil noun (less portable, long weapon)

Swahili

2 entries
  • bunduki noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • bunduki noun (less portable, long weapon)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bössa noun (shooting device functioning through stored energy)
  • bössa noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • gevär noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • handbössa noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • baril noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Tajik

3 entries
  • пистолет noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • таппонча noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • туфангча noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Tamil

1 entries
  • துப்பாக்கி noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • azidan noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Telugu

1 entries
  • తుపాకీ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Thai

2 entries
  • ปืน noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • ปืน noun (less portable, long weapon)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • མེ་མདའ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ሽጉጥ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Turkish

4 entries
  • tabanca noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • top noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • top noun (military: cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more)
  • tüfek noun (less portable, long weapon)

Turkmen

3 entries
  • pistolet noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • pistolýet noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • sapança noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Tuvan

2 entries
  • боо noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • боо noun (less portable, long weapon)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • пістоле́т noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Urdu

4 entries
  • بَنْدُوق noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • تَمَنْچَہ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • تَپَنْچَہ noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • تُفَن٘گ noun (less portable, long weapon)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تاپانچا noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • pistolet noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • toʻpponcha noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • súng lục noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • súng ngắn noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • súng sáu noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • súng trường noun (less portable, long weapon)

Volapük

1 entries
  • gün noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Walloon

3 entries
  • carabene noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • fizik noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • pistolet noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Welsh

4 entries
  • dryll noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • dryll noun (less portable, long weapon)
  • dryll noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • drylliau noun (less portable, long weapon)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • phom noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Written Oirat

1 entries
  • ᡋᡇᡇ᠋ noun (less portable, long weapon)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • umpu noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Yakut

1 entries
  • саа noun (less portable, long weapon)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • ביקס noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)
  • האַרמאַט noun (military: cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
  • פּיסטויל noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • tıfıng noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • cungq noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

ǃXóõ

1 entries
  • thòbolò noun (portable, short weapon, for hand use)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The robber aimed his gun at the clerk.

Source: tatoeba (19199)

The robber aimed his gun at the police officer.

Source: tatoeba (19201)

Watch out, the man has a gun.

Source: tatoeba (20370)

They heard a gun go off in the distance.

Source: tatoeba (25843)

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