Phrase guide

machine gun

noun · 3 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.

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  • /məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of fully automatic firearm that fires bullets in rapid succession by a single action of the trigger and is capable of sustained fire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: firearm, gun, weapon

2

noun

Meaning 2

a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: automatic firearm, automatic gun, automatic weapon

Narrower terms: automatic rifle, automatic, machine rifle, Browning machine gun, Peacemaker, Gatling gun, Maxim gun, Spandau, submachine gun

3

verb

Meaning 3

shoot with a machine gun

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gun

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mitraloz — type of firearm
  • Albanian: mitroloz — type of firearm
  • Albanian: automatik — type of firearm
  • Southern Altai: пулемёт (pulemyot) — type of firearm
  • Arabic: رَشَاش (rašāš) — type of firearm
  • Arabic: مِتْرالِيُوز (mitrāliyōz) — type of firearm
  • Arabic: متريوز (mitrāyōz) — type of firearm
  • Armenian: գնդացիր (gndacʻir) — type of firearm
  • Azerbaijani: avtomat — type of firearm
  • Azerbaijani: pulemyot — type of firearm
  • Azerbaijani: qurşunsaçar — type of firearm
  • Belarusian: аўтама́т (awtamát) — type of firearm
  • Belarusian: кулямёт (kuljamjót) — type of firearm
  • Bengali: যন্ত্রচালিত গান (jontrocalito gan) — type of firearm
  • Bengali: মেশিন গান (meśin gan) — type of firearm
  • Bulgarian: карте́чница (kartéčnica) — type of firearm
  • Burmese: စက်သေနတ် (caksenat) — type of firearm
  • Catalan: metralladora — type of firearm
  • Chinese Cantonese: 機關槍 /机关枪 (gei1 gwaan1 coeng1) — type of firearm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 機槍 /机枪 (jīqiāng) — type of firearm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 機關槍 /机关枪 (jīguānqiāng) — type of firearm
  • Chukchi: пэгԓяръо (pėgḷjarʺo) — type of firearm
  • Chuvash: автомат (avtomat) — type of firearm
  • Czech: kulomet — type of firearm
  • Danish: maskingevær — type of firearm
  • Dutch: mitrailleur — type of firearm
  • Esperanto: mitralo — type of firearm
  • Esperanto: maŝinpafilo — type of firearm
  • Estonian: kuulipilduja — type of firearm
  • Faroese: maskinbyrsa — type of firearm
  • Finnish: konekivääri — type of firearm
  • Finnish: kuularuisku — type of firearm
  • French: mitrailleuse — type of firearm
  • Georgian: პულიმიოტი (ṗulimioṭi) — type of firearm
  • Georgian: ტყვიამფრქვევი (ṭq̇viamprkvevi) — type of firearm
  • German: Maschinengewehr — type of firearm
  • German: MG — type of firearm
  • Greek: πολυβόλο (polyvólo) — type of firearm
  • Hebrew: מַקְלֵעַ (maklea') — type of firearm
  • Hindi: मशीन गन (maśīn gan) — type of firearm
  • Hungarian: gépfegyver — type of firearm
  • Hungarian: géppuska — type of firearm
  • Icelandic: vélbyssa — type of firearm
  • Ido: mitralioso — type of firearm
  • Indonesian: senapan mesin — type of firearm
  • Irish: meaisínghunna — type of firearm
  • Italian: mitragliatrice — type of firearm
  • Japanese: 機関銃 (kikanjū) — type of firearm
  • Japanese: マシンガン (mashingan) — type of firearm
  • Japanese: 機銃 (kijū) — type of firearm
  • Kazakh: автомат (avtomat) — type of firearm
  • Kazakh: пулемёт (pulemet) — type of firearm
  • Khmer: កាំភ្លើងយន្ត (kamphləəng yŭən) — type of firearm
  • Korean: 기관총 (gigwanchong) — type of firearm
  • Korean: 기총 (gichong) — type of firearm
  • Central Kurdish: ڕێژِنگ (rêjing) — type of firearm
  • Northern Kurdish: mîtralyoz — type of firearm
  • Kyrgyz: автомат (avtomat) — type of firearm
  • Kyrgyz: пулемёт (pulemyot) — type of firearm
  • Kyrgyz: окыргыткыч (okırgıtkıc) — type of firearm
  • Lao: ປືນກົນ (pư̄n kon) — type of firearm
  • Latin: arma machinae — type of firearm
  • Latvian: ložmetējs — type of firearm
  • Lithuanian: kulkosvaidis — type of firearm
  • Macedonian: митрале́з (mitraléz) — type of firearm
  • Malay: mesingan — type of firearm
  • Manx: gunn jeshaght — type of firearm
  • Māori: pū mīhini — type of firearm
  • Mongolian: пулемёт (pulemjot) — type of firearm
  • Navajo: beeʼeldǫǫh tʼáá bíniʼdii bikʼa ádiih yiyiinííłígíí — type of firearm
  • Nogai: окшашар (okşaşar) — type of firearm
  • Norman: fûsi-machinne — type of firearm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: maskingevær — type of firearm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: maskingevær — type of firearm
  • Pannonian Rusyn: митралєз (mitraljez) — type of firearm
  • Pashto: ماشينګن (māšingan) — type of firearm
  • Persian: مسلسل (mosalsal) — type of firearm
  • Persian: تیربار (tirbâr) — type of firearm
  • Persian: ماشیندار (mâšindâr) — type of firearm
  • Pohnpeian: kikansu — type of firearm
  • Polish: karabin maszynowy — type of firearm
  • Polish: kaem — type of firearm
  • Polish: kulomiot — type of firearm
  • Portuguese: metralhadora — type of firearm
  • Romanian: mitralieră — type of firearm
  • Russian: автома́т (avtomát) — type of firearm
  • Russian: пулемёт (pulemjót) — type of firearm
  • Serbo-Croatian: митра̀ље̄з — type of firearm
  • Serbo-Croatian: стро́јница — type of firearm
  • Serbo-Croatian: mitràljēz m strójnica — type of firearm
  • Slovak: guľomet — type of firearm
  • Slovene: mitraljez — type of firearm
  • Slovene: strojnica — type of firearm
  • Spanish: ametralladora — type of firearm
  • Spanish: metralladora — type of firearm
  • Swahili: bombomu — type of firearm
  • Swedish: kulspruta — type of firearm
  • Swedish: maskingevär — type of firearm
  • Tagalog: ulipaltog — type of firearm
  • Tagalog: ametralyadora — type of firearm
  • Tagalog: masinggan — type of firearm
  • Tajik: автомат (avtomat) — type of firearm
  • Tajik: пулемёт (pulemyot) — type of firearm
  • Tamil: இயந்திரத் துப்பாக்கி (iyantirat tuppākki) — type of firearm
  • Tatar: уксибәр (uqsibär) — type of firearm
  • Thai: ปืนกล (bpʉʉn-gon) — type of firearm
  • Tibetan: མེ་མདའ་སྦག་སྦག (me mda' sbag sbag) — type of firearm
  • Turkish: makineli tüfek — type of firearm
  • Turkish: mitralyöz — type of firearm
  • Ottoman Turkish: مترالیوز (mitralyöz) — type of firearm
  • Turkmen: awtomat — type of firearm
  • Turkmen: pulemýot — type of firearm
  • Ukrainian: автома́т (avtomát) — type of firearm
  • Ukrainian: кулеме́т (kulemét) — type of firearm
  • Urdu: مشین گن (maśīn gan) — type of firearm
  • Uyghur: ئاپتومات (aptomat) — type of firearm
  • Uyghur: پىلىموت (pilimot) — type of firearm
  • Uzbek: avtomat — type of firearm
  • Uzbek: pulemyot — type of firearm
  • Vietnamese: súng máy — type of firearm
  • Vietnamese: súng liên thanh — type of firearm
  • Welsh: peirianddryll — type of firearm
  • Welsh: dryll peiriannol — type of firearm
  • Welsh: gwn peiriant — type of firearm
  • Yakut: аптамаат (aptamaat) — type of firearm
  • Yiddish: אויטאָמאַט (oytomat) — type of firearm
  • Yiddish: אַװטאָמאַט (avtomat) — type of firearm
  • Yiddish: קוילן־וואַרפֿער (koyln-varfer) — type of firearm
  • Yiddish: מאַשינביקס (mashinbiks) — type of firearm