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