firearm

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• /ˈfaɪəɹˌɑː(ɹ)m/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English arm English firearm From fire (“projectile discharge”) + arm (“weapon”).

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vuurwapen — personal weapon
• Arabic: سِلَاح نَارِيّ (silāḥ nāriyy) — personal weapon
• Armenian: հրազեն (hrazen) — personal weapon
• Asturian: arma de fueu — personal weapon
• Azerbaijani: odlu silah — personal weapon
• Bashkir: атыу ҡоралы (atıw qoralı) — personal weapon
• Basque: su-arma — personal weapon
• Belarusian: агнястрэ́льная збро́я (ahnjastrélʹnaja zbrója) — personal weapon
• Bengali: আগ্নেয়াস্ত্র (agneẏastro) — personal weapon
• Breton: arm-tan — personal weapon
• Bulgarian: огнестре́лно оръ́жие (ognestrélno orǎ́žie) — personal weapon
• Catalan: arma de foc — personal weapon
• Chechen: долу герз (dolu gerz) — personal weapon
• Chinese: чёнпо (qionpo) — personal weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 火器 (huǒqì) — personal weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 槍械 /枪械 (qiāngxiè) — personal weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 火槍 /火枪 (huǒqiāng) — personal weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 槍炮 /枪炮 (qiāngpào) — personal weapon
• Ngazidja Comorian: mzinga — personal weapon
• Czech: palná zbraň — personal weapon
• Danish: ildvåben — personal weapon
• Danish: skydevåben — personal weapon
• Dutch: vuurwapen — personal weapon
• Esperanto: pafilo — personal weapon
• Esperanto: pafarmilo — personal weapon
• Estonian: tulirelv — personal weapon
• Faroese: skotvápn — personal weapon
• Finnish: tuliase — personal weapon
• French: arme à feu — personal weapon
• French: flingue — personal weapon
• West-Frisian: sjitark — personal weapon
• West-Frisian: fjoerwapen — personal weapon
• Galician: arma de fogo — personal weapon
• Georgian: ცეცხლსასროლი იარაღი (cecxlsasroli iaraɣi) — personal weapon
• German: Schusswaffe — personal weapon
• German: Feuerwaffe — personal weapon
• German: Feuerarm — personal weapon
• Greek: πυροβόλο όπλο (pyrovólo óplo) — personal weapon
• Hausa: bindiga — personal weapon
• Hebrew: נֶשֶׁק חַם (neshek ham) — personal weapon
• Hindi: अग्निशस्त्र (agniśastra) — personal weapon
• Hungarian: tűzfegyver — personal weapon
• Hungarian: lőfegyver — personal weapon
• Icelandic: skotvopn — personal weapon
• Ido: pafarmo — personal weapon
• Ido: pafilo — personal weapon
• Indonesian: senjata api — personal weapon
• Irish: arm tine — personal weapon
• Italian: arma da fuoco — personal weapon
• Japanese: 火器 (kaki) — personal weapon
• Japanese: ファイアアーム (faiaāmu) — personal weapon
• Kazakh: оқатар қару (oqatar qaru) — personal weapon
• Khmer: កាំភ្លើង (kamphləəng) — personal weapon
• Korean: 화기 (hwagi) — personal weapon
• Kyrgyz: атылма курал (atılma kural) — personal weapon
• Lao: ອາວຸດປືນ (ʼā wut pư̄n) — personal weapon
• Lao: ປືນ (pư̄n) — personal weapon
• Latin: arma ignifera — personal weapon
• Latin: sclopetum — personal weapon
• Latvian: šaujamierocis — personal weapon
• Lithuanian: šaunamasis ginklas — personal weapon
• Luxembourgish: Feierwaff — personal weapon
• Macedonian: огнено оружје (ogneno oružje) — personal weapon
• Malay: senjata api — personal weapon
• Maltese: arma tan-nar — personal weapon
• Māori: pū — personal weapon
• Māori: kōpere tupua — personal weapon
• Mongolian: галт зэвсэг (galt zevseg) — personal weapon
• Mongolian: буу (buu) — personal weapon
• Nepali: शस्त्र (śastra) — personal weapon
• Nepali: गोली गठ्ठा (golī gaṭhṭhā) — personal weapon
• Norwegian Bokmål: skytevåpen — personal weapon
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skytevåpen — personal weapon
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skjotevåpen — personal weapon
• Occitan: arma de fuòc — personal weapon
• Iranian Persian: سِلاحِ گَرْم (selâh-e garm) — personal weapon
• Iranian Persian: اَسْلَحِهٔ گَرْم (aslahe-ye garm) — personal weapon
• Iranian Persian: تُفَنْگ (tofang) — personal weapon
• Plautdietsch: Scheetjewäa — personal weapon
• Polish: broń palna — personal weapon
• Polish: giwera — personal weapon
• Portuguese: arma de fogo — personal weapon
• Punjabi: ਆਤਸ਼ੀ ਅਸਲਾ (ātaśī asalā) — personal weapon
• Punjabi: آتشیں اسلحہ — personal weapon
• Quechua: t'uqyachina ayñi — personal weapon
• Romanian: armă de foc — personal weapon
• Russian: огнестре́льное ору́жие (ognestrélʹnoje orúžije) — personal weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: ватрено оружје — personal weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: vatreno oružje — personal weapon
• Slovak: palná zbraň — personal weapon
• Slovene: ognjeno orožje — personal weapon
• Spanish: arma de fuego — personal weapon
• Spanish: chimba (artisanal) — personal weapon
• Spanish: arma pírica / ígnea / ignífera / vulcania — personal weapon
• Swahili: silaha ya moto — personal weapon
• Swedish: skjutvapen — personal weapon
• Swedish: eldvapen — personal weapon
• Tagalog: sandatang pumuputok — personal weapon
• Tajik: аслиҳаи оташфишон (asliha-yi otašfišon) — personal weapon
• Tamil: சுடுகலன் (cuṭukalaṉ) — personal weapon
• Telugu: తుపాకి (tupāki) — personal weapon
• Tetum: kilat — personal weapon
• Thai: ปืน (bpʉʉn) — personal weapon
• Thai: ปืนไฟ (bpʉʉn-fai) — personal weapon
• Thai: อาวุธปืน (aa-wút-bpʉʉn) — personal weapon
• Turkish: ateşli silah — personal weapon
• Ukrainian: вогнепа́льна збро́я (vohnepálʹna zbrója) — personal weapon
• Urdu: آتِشی اَسْلِحَہ (ātiśī asliha) — personal weapon
• Uzbek: oʻtochar qurol — personal weapon
• Uzbek: otish quroli — personal weapon
• Vietnamese: hoả khí — personal weapon
• Vietnamese: vũ khí nóng — personal weapon
• Volapük: filavaf — personal weapon
• Welsh: arf tân — personal weapon
• Welsh: arf tanio — personal weapon
• Welsh: dryll — personal weapon