mitraillette

French

Etymology

From mitrailleuse, with substitution of suffix (mitrailler +‎ -ette).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.tʁa.jɛt/ ~ /mi.tʁɑ.jɛt/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

mitraillette f (plural mitraillettes)

1. submachine gun
2. (Belgium) sandwich with meat and French fries

Further reading

• “mitraillette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.