Phrase guide

sniper rifle

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A long-range rifle, usually equipped with a telescopic sight and often a night vision device.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: precision rifle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rifle

Narrower terms: Dragunov

History

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَنَّاصَة (qannāṣa) — long-range rifle
  • Armenian: դիպուկահար հրացան (dipukahar hracʻan) — long-range rifle
  • Azerbaijani: snayper tüfəngi — long-range rifle
  • Belarusian: снайперская вінтоўка (snajpjerskaja vintówka) — long-range rifle
  • Catalan: fusell de franctirador — long-range rifle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狙击步枪 (jūjībùqiāng) — long-range rifle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狙擊步槍 /狙击步枪 (jūjībùqiāng) — long-range rifle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狙击枪 (jūjīqiāng) — long-range rifle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狙擊槍 /狙击枪 (jūjīqiāng) — long-range rifle
  • Dutch: scherpschuttersgeweer — long-range rifle
  • Dutch: snipergeweer — long-range rifle
  • Finnish: tarkkuuskivääri — long-range rifle
  • French: fusil à lunette — long-range rifle
  • French: fusil de précision — long-range rifle
  • German: Scharfschützengewehr — long-range rifle
  • Hungarian: mesterlövészpuska — long-range rifle
  • Indonesian: senapan runduk — long-range rifle
  • Italian: fucile da cecchino — long-range rifle
  • Italian: fucile di precisione — long-range rifle
  • Japanese: 狙撃銃 (sogekijū) — long-range rifle
  • Korean: 저격소총 (jeogyeoksochong) — long-range rifle
  • Polish: karabin wyborowy — long-range rifle
  • Portuguese: fuzil de precisão — long-range rifle
  • Romanian: armă cu lunetă — long-range rifle
  • Russian: сна́йперская винто́вка (snájperskaja vintóvka) — long-range rifle
  • Slovak: odstreľovacia puška — long-range rifle
  • Slovene: ostrostrelna puška — long-range rifle
  • Spanish: rifle de francotirador — long-range rifle
  • Spanish: fusil de francotirador — long-range rifle
  • Swedish: prickskyttegevär — long-range rifle
  • Turkish: keskin nişancı tüfeği — long-range rifle
  • Ukrainian: снайперська гвинтівка (snajpersʹka hvyntivka) — long-range rifle