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carbine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.biːn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.baɪ̯n/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈkɑɹ.bin/
  • General-American: /ˈkɑɹ.baɪ̯n/
  • rhymes with -iːn
  • rhymes with -aɪn
  • homophone: carbene (one pronunciation)
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 R B AY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A rifle with a short barrel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

light automatic rifle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rifle

History

Etymology

Ca. 1600, from French carabine. Doublet of carabine.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կարաբին (karabin) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Catalan: carrabina — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Catalan: carabina — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Chinese Mandarin: 卡賓槍 /卡宾枪 (kǎbīnqiāng) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Czech: karabina — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Dutch: karabijn — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Finnish: karbiini — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • French: carabine — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Georgian: კარაბინი (ḳarabini) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Georgian: დამბაჩა (dambača) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • German: Karabiner — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Greek: καραμπίνα (karampína) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Hungarian: karabély — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Indonesian: karabin — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Indonesian: terkul — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Italian: carabina — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Japanese: カービン (kābin) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Japanese: 騎兵銃 (kiheijū) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Japanese: 騎銃 (kijū) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Korean: 카빈총 (kabinchong) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Korean: 카빈 (kabin) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Latin: carabina — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Macedonian: карабин (karabin) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Macedonian: карабинка (karabinka) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Māori: pū poto — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Marathi: कार्बाइन (kārbāin) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Polish: karabinek — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Portuguese: carabina — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Romanian: carabină — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Russian: караби́н (karabín) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Spanish: carabina — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Swedish: karbin — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Tagalog: karbin — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Tagalog: karabina — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Tatar: карабин (qarabin) — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
  • Turkish: karabina — weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
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