handgun

Wikipedia

English

a handgun with magazine and ammunition

Etymology

From hand + gun.

Noun

handgun (plural handguns)

1. A small, hand-held gun with a relatively short barrel.

Translations

small, hand-held gun

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 短槍 (cmn), 短枪 (cmn) (duǎnqiāng), 手槍 (cmn), 手枪 (cmn) (shǒuqiāng)

• Dutch: vuistvuurwapen (nl) n
• Finnish: käsiase (fi), käsituliase (fi)

• French: pistolet (fr) m
• Greek: πιστόλι (el) (pistóli) n, (revolver) περίστροφο (el) (perístrofo) n
• Hebrew: אקדח (he) (ekdakh) m
• Hungarian: kézifegyver (hu)

Synonyms

• pistol

Hyponyms

• derringer
• revolver