revolver

See also revólver

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/

Noun

revolver (plural revolvers)

A revolver

1. A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
2. Agent noun of revolve; something that revolves.

Synonyms

• wheelgun

Hyponyms

• six-gun
• six-shooter

Translations

a handgun with revolving chambers

• Afrikaans: rewolwer (af)
• Albanian: revole (sq)
• Arabic: مُسَدَّس (ar) (musáddas) f
• Basque: errebolber (eu)
• Bulgarian: револвер (bg) (revolver) m 
• Catalan: revòlver (ca) m
• Cebuano: bolber
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 左輪手槍 (cmn), 左轮手枪 (cmn) (zuǒlún shǒuqiāng), 左輪 (cmn), 左轮 (cmn) (zuǒlún)

• Crimean Tatar: revolver
• Czech: revolver (cs) m
• Dutch: revolver (nl)
• Estonian: revolver (et)
• Finnish: revolveri (fi)
• French: revolver (fr) m
• German: Revolver (de) m
• Greek: περίστροφο (el) (perístrοfο) n 
• Hebrew: אֶקְדָּח (he) (ekdach) m
• Hungarian: revolver (hu)
• Icelandic: marghleypt skammbyssa (is) f
• Indonesian: repolper (id), pistol (id)

• Irish: gunnán (ga) m
• Italian: rivoltella (it) f
• Japanese: リボルバー (ja) (riborubā), 拳銃 (ja) (けんじゅう, kenjū)
• Korean: 리볼버 (ko) (ribolbeo), 권총 (ko) (gwonchong) (拳銃 (ko))
• Latvian: revolveris (lv) m
• Lithuanian: revolveris (lt) m
• Malay: pistol (ms)
• Maltese: rivolver (mt) m
• Maori: pū hurihuri
• Papiamentu: revòlver
• Polish: rewolwer (pl) m, bębenkowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: revólver (pt) m
• Romanian: revolverul (ro)
• Russian: револьвер (ru) (revolʹvér) m , (Nagant revolver) наган (ru) (nagán) m 
• Scots: rothaldag
• Scottish Gaelic: daga-cuairt (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: револвер (sh) m

  Roman: revolver (sh) m

• Spanish: revólver (es) m
• Swedish: revolver (sv) n
• Tagalog: rebolbr (tl)
• Zulu: volovolo (zu)

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowing from English revolver.

Noun

revolver

1. revolver pistol

Declension

    declension of revolver

nominative	revolver
genitive	revolverniñ
dative	revolverge
accusative	revolverni
locative	revolverde
ablative	revolverden

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

Borrowing from English revolver.

Noun

revolver m (plural revolvers, diminutive revolvertje)

1. revolver

Hypernyms

• vuistvuurwapen

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from English revolver.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈrɛvolvɛr/
• Hyphenation: re‧vol‧ver

Noun

revolver (plural revolverek)

1. revolver

Declension

declension of revolver singular plural nominative revolver revolverek accusative revolvert revolvereket dative revolvernek revolvereknek instrumental revolverrel revolverekkel causal-final revolverért revolverekért translative revolverré revolverekké terminative revolverig revolverekig essive-formal revolverként revolverekként essive-modal - - inessive revolverben revolverekben superessive revolveren revolvereken adessive revolvernél revolvereknél illative revolverbe revolverekbe sublative revolverre revolverekre allative revolverhez revolverekhez elative revolverből revolverekből delative revolverről revolverekről ablative revolvertől revolverektől

possessives of revolver possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. revolverem revolvereim 2nd person sing. revolvered revolvereid 3rd person sing. revolvere revolverei 1st person plural revolverünk revolvereink 2nd person plural revolveretek revolvereitek 3rd person plural revolverük revolvereik

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English revolver.

Noun

revolver m (invariable)

1. revolver (handgun)
2. Rotating attachment, on a camera, having multiple lenses

Synonyms

• (handgun): pistola a tamburo, rivoltella

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Norwegian

Etymology

Borrowing from English revolver.

Noun

revolver m

1. revolver

   Han fikk tak i en revolver (Bokmål)

   Han fekk tak i ein revolver (Nynorsk)

   He got hold of a revolver.

Inflection

    Inflection of revolver

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	revolver	revolveren	revolvere	revolverne
Nynorsk m	revolver	revolveren	revolverar	revolverane

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin revolvere, present active infinitive of revolvō (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back, again”) + volvō (“roll”).

Verb

revolver (first-person singular present indicative revolvo, past participle revolvido)

1. to turn over (e.g., earth)
2. to roll (the eyes)
3. to go through (e.g., archives)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb revolver

Notes:

• This is a regular abundant verb of the -er group.
• There are additional, shorter past participles, the masculine singular ending in -volto.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: desenvolver, revolver.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	revolver
Personal	revolver	revolveres	revolver	revolvermos	revolverdes	revolverem
Gerund
	revolvendo
Past participle
Masculine	revolvido			revolvidos
Feminine	revolvida			revolvidas
Indicative
Present	revolvo	revolves	revolve	revolvemos	revolveis	revolvem
Imperfect	revolvia	revolvias	revolvia	revolvíamos	revolvíeis	revolviam
Preterite	revolvi	revolveste	revolveu	revolvemos	revolvestes	revolveram
Pluperfect	revolvera	revolveras	revolvera	revolvêramos	revolvêreis	revolveram
Future	revolverei	revolverás	revolverá	revolveremos	revolvereis	revolverão
Conditional	revolveria	revolverias	revolveria	revolveríamos	revolveríeis	revolveriam
Subjunctive
Present	revolva	revolvas	revolva	revolvamos	revolvais	revolvam
Imperfect	revolvesse	revolvesses	revolvesse	revolvêssemos	revolvêsseis	revolvessem
Future	revolver	revolveres	revolver	revolvermos	revolverdes	revolverem
Imperative
Affirmative	revolva	revolve	revolva	revolvamos	revolvei	revolvam
Negative (não)	revolva	revolvas	revolva	revolvamos	revolvais	revolvam

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from English revolver.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /reʋǒlʋer/
• Hyphenation: re‧vol‧ver

Noun

revòlver m (Cyrillic spelling рево̀лвер)

1. revolver

Declension

    declension of revolver

	singular	plural
nominative	revolver	revolveri
genitive	revolvera	revolvera
dative	revolveru	revolverima
accusative	revolver	revolvere
vocative	revolveru	revolveri
locative	revolveru	revolverima
instrumental	revolverom	revolverima

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin revolvere, present active infinitive of revolvō (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back, again”) + volvō (“roll”).

Verb

revolver (first-person singular present revuelvo, first-person singular preterite revolví, past participle revuelto)

1. to stir, to mix
2. to jumble up, to disarrange
3. to turn over, to poke about, to rummage around in
4. to consider, to turn over, to ponder
5. to disturb, to stir up, to upset
6. to swing around
7. to wrap, to wrap up
8. to turn 360 degrees, to revolve

Conjugation

    Conjugation of revolver (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

Rule: o becomes a ue in stressed syllables. Irregular in the past particple

infinitive			revolver
gerund			revolviendo
past participle			revuelto
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	revuelvo	revuelves	revuelve	revolvemos	revolvéis	revuelven
	imperfect	revolvía	revolvías	revolvía	revolvíamos	revolvíais	revolvían
	preterite	revolví	revolviste	revolvió	revolvimos	revolvisteis	revolvieron
	future	revolveré	revolverás	revolverá	revolveremos	revolveréis	revolverán
	conditional	revolvería	revolverías	revolvería	revolveríamos	revolveríais	revolverían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	revuelva	revuelvas	revuelva	revolvamos	revolváis	revuelvan
	imperfect (ra)	revolviera	revolvieras	revolviera	revolviéramos	revolvierais	revolvieran
	imperfect (se)	revolviese	revolvieses	revolviese	revolviésemos	revolvieseis	revolviesen
	future	revolviere	revolvieres	revolviere	revolviéremos	revolviereis	revolvieren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		revuelve	revuelva	revolvamos	revolved	revuelvan
	negative		no revuelvas	no revuelva	no revolvamos	no revolváis	no revuelvan

Other verbs with this conjugation:

[+] Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation o-ue)

Related terms

• revuelto
• revoltijo
• revolución
• revoltear
• revoltoso
• revoltura

Usage notes

• Revolver is a false friend, and does not mean a type of gun in Spanish. The Spanish word for that English meaning of revolver is revólver.

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from English revolver.

Noun

revolver c

1. a revolver (firearm)

Declension

Declension of revolver

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	revolver	revolvern	revolvrar	revolvrarna
genitive	revolvers	revolverns	revolvrars	revolvrarnas