Semi-automatic

Synonyms for "semi-automatic"

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Translations

37 translations across 18 languages.

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Catalan

2 entries
  • semiautomàtic adj (partially automatic)
  • semiautomàtic adj (of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 半自動 /半自动 adj (partially automatic)
  • 半自動 /半自动 adj (of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot)

Danish

1 entries
  • halvautomatisk adj (partially automatic)

Finnish

3 entries
  • itselataava adj (of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot)
  • puoliautomaattinen adj (partially automatic)
  • puoliautomaattinen adj (of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot)

Galician

1 entries
  • semiautomático adj (partially automatic)

German

4 entries
  • halb automatisch adj (partially automatic)
  • halb automatisch adj (of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot)
  • halbautomatisch adj (partially automatic)
  • halbautomatisch adj (of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot)

Greek

3 entries
  • ημιαυτόματος adj (partially automatic)
  • ημιαυτόματος adj (of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot)
  • ημιαυτόματο noun (semi-automatic firearm)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • félautomata adj (partially automatic)

Italian

2 entries
  • semiautomatico adj (partially automatic)
  • semiautomatico adj (of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • halvautomatisk adj (partially automatic)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • halvautomatisk adj (partially automatic)

Polish

4 entries
  • półautomatyczny adj (partially automatic)
  • półautomatyczny adj (of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot)
  • broń półautomatyczna noun (semi-automatic firearm)
  • półautomatyczna skrzynia biegów noun (semi-automatic transmission)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • semiautomático adj (partially automatic)
  • semiautomático adj (of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot)
  • semiautomática noun (semi-automatic firearm)

Romanian

1 entries
  • semiautomat adj (partially automatic)

Russian

2 entries
  • полуавтомати́ческий adj (partially automatic)
  • самозарядный adj (of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot)

Spanish

1 entries
  • semiautomático adj (partially automatic)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • самозаря́дний adj (of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot)

Welsh

1 entries
  • lled-awtomatig adj (partially automatic)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Regrettably, mass shootings of children now occur so frequently in United States schools that some parents are buying so-called bulletproof backpacks for their children. While the backpacks can stop a bullet fired from a handgun, they are ineffective against semi-automatic rifles, which ruthless shooters can easily purchase in that country.

Source: tatoeba (8125270)

The pro-gun majority in the House of Representatives moved Wednesday to compel the nation's capital to broaden the rights of its residents to buy and own firearms, including semi-automatic weapons.

Source: wiktionary

The Los Angeles ordinance covers semi-automatics with a detachable magazine of 20 rounds or more. As examples, it cited such weapons as the AR 15 assault rifles, Uzi assault rifles and carbines, Ingram Mac-10 and Mac-11 assault carbines, AK-47 assault rifles, Thompson carbines and all Avtomat Kalashnikov weapons.

Source: wiktionary

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