mitrailleuse
English
Etymology
French mitrailleuse, from mitrailler (“to fire grapeshot”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˌmiːtɹəˈjɜz/, /ˈmiːtɹəˌjɜz/
Noun
mitrailleuse (plural mitrailleuses)
- (historical, military) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly.
Related terms
Translations
rapidly firing breech loading gun with multiple barrels
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Further reading
- mitrailleuse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From mitrailler + -euse
Pronunciation
Noun
mitrailleuse f (plural mitrailleuses)
Derived terms
- mitraillette (“submachine gun”)
Descendants
- → English: mitrailleuse
- → Portuguese: metralhadora (calque)
Noun
mitrailleuse f (plural mitrailleuses, masculine mitrailleur)
Further reading
- “mitrailleuse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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