cold weapon

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kəʊld ˈwɛp(ə)n/
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• General-American: /koʊld ˈwɛpən/
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• rhymes with -ɛpən
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From cold + weapon, possibly a calque of Russian холо́дное ору́жие (xolódnoje orúžije, “cold weapon”), from холо́дное (xolódnoje) (the nominative neuter form of холо́дный (xolódnyj, “cold”)) + ору́жие (orúžije, “arm, weapon; weaponry”): see the 1876 quotation.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سِلَاح أَبْيَض (silāḥ ʔabyaḍ) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Armenian: սառը զենք (saṙə zenkʻ) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Asturian: arma blanca — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Azerbaijani: soyuq silah — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Basque: arma zuri — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Belarusian: хало́дная збро́я (xalódnaja zbrója) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Breton: arm gwenn — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Bulgarian: хла́дно оръ́жие (hládno orǎ́žie) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Catalan: arma blanca — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Chechen: шийла герз (šiı̇la gerz) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 冷兵器 (lěngbīngqì) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Czech: chladná zbraň — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Danish: blankvåben — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Dutch: koud wapen — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Esperanto: blanka armilo — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Estonian: külmrelv — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Finnish: kylmä ase — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Finnish: lähitaisteluase — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• French: arme blanche — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Galician: arma branca — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Georgian: ცივი იარაღი (civi iaraɣi) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• German: kalte Waffe — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• German: Blankwaffe — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Hebrew: נשק קר — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Hungarian: közelharcfegyver — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Interlingua: arma blanc — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Italian: arma bianca — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Japanese: 白兵 (hakuhei) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Japanese: 冷兵器 (reiheiki) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Kazakh: суық қару (suyq qaru) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Korean: 백병 (baekbyeong) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Central Kurdish: چەکی سپی (çekî spî) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Latvian: aukstais ierocis — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Lithuanian: šaltasis ginklas — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Macedonian: ла́дно о́ружје (ládno óružje) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Norwegian Bokmål: blankvåpen — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Ossetian: цыргъӕгтӕ (cyrǧægtæ) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Persian: سلاح سرد (selâh-e sard) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Polish: broń biała — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Portuguese: arma branca — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Romanian: armă albă — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Russian: холо́дное ору́жие (xolódnoje orúžije) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Russian: бе́лое ору́жие (béloje orúžije) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Serbo-Croatian: хладно оружје — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Serbo-Croatian: hladno oružje — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Slovak: chladná zbraň — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Slovene: hladno orožje — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Spanish: arma blanca — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Swedish: blankvapen — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Tajik: силоҳи сард (siloh-i sard) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire
• Ukrainian: холо́дна збро́я (xolódna zbrója) — weapon that does not use explosives or fire