air pistol

English

Noun

air pistol (plural air pistols)

1. A pistol that propels a pellet or other projectile by using compressed gas, rather than an explosion of gunpowder or other means.

Synonyms

• air gun
• BB gun (usually less powerful)
• pellet gun
• air rifle (usually more powerful)

Translations

pistol that propels a pellet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氣槍／气枪 (zh) (qìqiāng), 空氣槍／空气枪 (zh) (kōngqìqiāng)

• Danish: luftpistol c
• Finnish: ilmapistooli (fi)
• French: pistolet à l’air m, pistolet à air comprimé m
• German: Luftpistole (de) f
• Japanese: エアピストル (eapisutoru)
• Portuguese: pistola de pressão f
• Romanian: pistol cu aer comprimat n, pistol pneumatic
• Russian: пневмати́ческий пистоле́т m (pnevmatíčeskij pistolét)
• Spanish: pistola de aire f
• Swedish: luftpistol c

See also

• air gun