English
Etymology
From flame + thrower , calque of German Flammenwerfer .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : ( US ) /ˈfleɪmˌθɹoʊ.ɚ/ , ( UK ) /ˈfleɪmˌθɹəʊ.ə/
Noun
flamethrower (plural flamethrowers )
A device that projects a flame for starting fires , and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition . Used either as a weapon or a tool .
Translations
device that projects a flame
Arabic: قاذفات اللّٰهب
Armenian: հրանետ (hy) ( hranet )
Azerbaijani: odsaçan
Basque: su-jaurtigailu
Belarusian: агнямёт m ( ahnjamjót )
Bulgarian: огнехвърга́чка f ( ognehvǎrgáčka )
Catalan: llançaflames m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 火焰噴射器 / 火焰喷射器 (zh) ( huǒyàn pēnshèqì ) , 火焰喷射器 (zh) ( huǒyàn pēnshèqì ) , 噴火器 / 喷火器 (zh) ( pēnhuǒqì ) , 喷火器 (zh) ( pēnhuǒqì )
Corsican: zirlafiare m
Czech: plamenomet (cs) m
Danish: flammekaster c
Dutch: vlammenwerper (nl) m
Esperanto: flamĵetilo
Estonian: leegiheitja
Finnish: liekinheitin
French: lance-flamme (fr) m
Galician: lanzachamas m
Georgian: ცეცხლსატყორცნები ( cecxlsaṭq̇orcnebi )
German: Flammenwerfer (de) m
Greek: φλογοβόλο (el) n ( flogovólo )
Hebrew: להביור (he)
Hungarian: lángszóró (hu)
Icelandic: eldvarpa f
Interlingua: lanceaflammas
Irish: teilgeoir lasrach
Italian: lanciafiamme m
Japanese: 火炎放射器 (ja) ( かえんほうしゃき , kaenhōshaki )
Kazakh: отшашар ( otşaşar )
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Korean: 화염방사기 ( hwayeombangsagi )
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Latvian: liesmu metējs
Lithuanian: liepsnosvaidis , liepsnosvaidis m
Macedonian: пламенофрлач m ( plamenofrlač )
Norman: lanche-fliambes m
Norwegian: flammekaster m
Occitan: lançaflamas m , lança-eslamas m , lançahuec m
Persian: شعلهافکن
Polish: miotacz ognia m , miotacz płomieni m
Portuguese: lança-chamas m
Romanian: aruncător de flăcări (ro) m
Romansch: bittaflommas m
Russian: огнемёт (ru) m ( ognemjót )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пламенобацач m , бацач пламена m
Roman: plamenobacač m , bacač plamena m
Slovak: plameňomet m
Slovene: plamenomet m
Sorbian:
Lower: wognjochytak m
Upper: wohnjomjet , wohnjomjetak , płomjenjomjetadło
Spanish: lanzallamas (es) m
Swedish: eldkastare c
Tajik: оташандоз ( otašandoz )
Tamil: தழல் வீசி ( taḻal vīci )
Turkish: alev makinesi (tr)
Ukrainian: вогнеме́т m ( vohnemét )
Uzbek: oʻtsochar (uz)
Vietnamese: súng phun lửa