Phrase guide

grenade launcher

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A weapon that shoots grenades from a device.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Compound of grenade + launcher.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بندقية قاذفة — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Armenian: նռնականետ (nṙnakanet) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Azerbaijani: qumbaraatan — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Belarusian: гранатамёт (hranatamjót) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Bulgarian: гранатомет (granatomet) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Catalan: llançagranades — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Chinese Mandarin: 榴彈發射器 /榴弹发射器 (liúdàn fāshèqì) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擲彈筒 /掷弹筒 (zhìdàntǒng) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Czech: granátomet — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Danish: granatkaster — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Dutch: granaatwerper — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Esperanto: grenadĵetilo — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Finnish: kranaattikivääri — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Finnish: kranaattiampumalaite — weapon that shoots grenades
  • French: lance-grenade — weapon that shoots grenades
  • French: lance-grenades — weapon that shoots grenades
  • German: Granatwerfer — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Hebrew: מטול רימונים — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Hungarian: gránátvető — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Icelandic: sprengjuvarpa — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Indonesian: pelontar granat — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Italian: lanciagranate — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Japanese: グレネードランチャー (gurenēdoranchā) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Japanese: グレネードガン (gurenēdogan) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Japanese: 擲弾発射器 (tekidan hasshaki) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Japanese: 擲弾筒 (tekidantō) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Japanese: 擲弾銃 (tekidanjū) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Kazakh: граната атқыш (granata atqyş) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Korean: 유탄 발사기 (yutan balsagi) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງຍິງລູກລະເບີດ (khư̄ang nying lūk la bœ̄t) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Latvian: granātmetējs — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Lithuanian: granatsvaidis — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Malay: tekidanto — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Norwegian: granatkaster — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Polish: granatnik — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Portuguese: lança-granadas — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Romanian: lansator de grenade — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Russian: гранатомёт (granatomjót) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Spanish: lanzagranadas — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Swedish: granatkarbin — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Swedish: granattillsats (attachable) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Thai: เครื่องยิงลูกระเบิด — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Ukrainian: гранатоме́т (hranatomét) — weapon that shoots grenades
  • Uzbek: granatomyot — weapon that shoots grenades