Harpoon

//hɑːɹˈpuːn//

Synonyms for "harpoon" (26 found)

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Translations

86 translations across 56 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • fuzhnjë noun (spearlike weapon)

Arabic

1 entries
  • حَرْبُون noun (spearlike weapon)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հարպուն noun (spearlike weapon)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • harpun noun (spearlike weapon)

Basque

2 entries
  • arpoi noun (spearlike weapon)
  • arpoitu verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • во́сці noun (spearlike weapon)
  • гарпу́н noun (spearlike weapon)

Bengali

1 entries
  • টেটা noun (spearlike weapon)

Breton

1 entries
  • bazh-krog noun (spearlike weapon)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • харпу́н noun (spearlike weapon)
  • харпуни́рам verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Catalan

2 entries
  • arpó noun (spearlike weapon)
  • arponar verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 漁叉 /渔叉 noun (spearlike weapon)

Czech

1 entries
  • harpuna noun (spearlike weapon)

Danish

1 entries
  • harpun noun (spearlike weapon)

Dutch

2 entries
  • harpoen noun (spearlike weapon)
  • harpoeneren verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • harpuno noun (spearlike weapon)

Estonian

1 entries
  • harpuun noun (spearlike weapon)

Faroese

2 entries
  • skutil noun (spearlike weapon)
  • skutla verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Finnish

2 entries
  • harppuuna noun (spearlike weapon)
  • harppunoida verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

French

2 entries
  • harpon noun (spearlike weapon)
  • harponner verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Galician

3 entries
  • arpón noun (spearlike weapon)
  • arpoar verb (to hunt with a harpoon)
  • fisgar verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ბარჯი noun (spearlike weapon)
  • ჰარპუნი noun (spearlike weapon)

German

1 entries
  • Harpune noun (spearlike weapon)

Greek

1 entries
  • καμάκι noun (spearlike weapon)

Hindi

1 entries
  • हापून noun (spearlike weapon)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • szigony noun (spearlike weapon)
  • szigonyoz verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skutull noun (spearlike weapon)

Ido

2 entries
  • harpuno noun (spearlike weapon)
  • harpunagar verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Italian

3 entries
  • arpione noun (spearlike weapon)
  • arpionare verb (to hunt with a harpoon)
  • fiocinare verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ハープーン noun (spearlike weapon)
  • 銛 noun (spearlike weapon)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • гарпун noun (spearlike weapon)
  • сүңгі noun (spearlike weapon)

Korean

1 entries
  • 작살 noun (spearlike weapon)

Latvian

1 entries
  • harpūna noun (spearlike weapon)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • harpūnas noun (spearlike weapon)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • харпун noun (spearlike weapon)

Māori

4 entries
  • haeana noun (spearlike weapon)
  • haeanarāti noun (spearlike weapon)
  • rāti noun (spearlike weapon)
  • rāti verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • harpun noun (spearlike weapon)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • harpun noun (spearlike weapon)

Persian

1 entries
  • شل noun (spearlike weapon)

Polish

1 entries
  • harpun noun (spearlike weapon)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • arpão noun (spearlike weapon)
  • arpoar verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Romanian

1 entries
  • harpon noun (spearlike weapon)

Russian

2 entries
  • гарпу́н noun (spearlike weapon)
  • острога́ noun (spearlike weapon)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • morghath noun (spearlike weapon)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • hàrpūn noun (spearlike weapon)
  • ха̀рпӯн noun (spearlike weapon)

Slovak

1 entries
  • harpúna noun (spearlike weapon)

Slovene

1 entries
  • harpuna noun (spearlike weapon)

Spanish

2 entries
  • arpón noun (spearlike weapon)
  • arponar verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Swedish

2 entries
  • harpun noun (spearlike weapon)
  • harpunera verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • salapang noun (spearlike weapon)

Tajik

1 entries
  • соскан noun (spearlike weapon)

Thai

1 entries
  • ฉมวก noun (spearlike weapon)

Turkish

2 entries
  • zıpkın noun (spearlike weapon)
  • zıpkınlamak verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • гарпу́н noun (spearlike weapon)
  • о́стень noun (spearlike weapon)
  • о́сті noun (spearlike weapon)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • garpun noun (spearlike weapon)
  • sanchqi noun (spearlike weapon)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • lao móc noun (spearlike weapon)

Welsh

2 entries
  • tryfer noun (spearlike weapon)
  • tryferu verb (to hunt with a harpoon)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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This is a harpoon.

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At one moment the bowsprit was taking a deadly aim at the sun in midheaven, and at the next it was trying to harpoon a shark in the bottom of the ocean.

Source: tatoeba (8372191)

Tom has a harpoon.

Source: tatoeba (10862969)

So far, ESA is considering the use of a robotic arm, a harpoon, an ion beam, and now perhaps this newly tested fishing net method.

Source: tatoeba (11218117)

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