semi-automatic

See also: semiautomatic

English

Alternative forms

• semiautomatic
• semi-auto

Etymology

semi- +‎ automatic

Adjective

semi-automatic (not comparable)

1. Partially automatic.
2. Of a firearm that automatically ejects a shell and loads the next one, but requires the trigger to be squeezed for each shot; autoloading.

   Coordinate term: fully-automatic

Translations

partially automatic

• Catalan: semiautomàtic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半自動／半自动 (zh) (bànzìdòng)

• Danish: halvautomatisk
• Finnish: puoliautomaattinen (fi)
• Galician: semiautomático m
• German: halb automatisch, halbautomatisch (de)
• Greek: ημιαυτόματος (el) m (imiaftómatos)
• Hungarian: félautomata (hu)
• Italian: semiautomatico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: halvautomatisk

  Nynorsk: halvautomatisk

• Polish: półautomatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: semiautomático
• Romanian: semiautomat (ro)
• Russian: полуавтомати́ческий (ru) (poluavtomatíčeskij)
• Spanish: semiautomático
• Welsh: lled-awtomatig

of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot

• Catalan: semiautomàtic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半自動／半自动 (zh) (bànzìdòng)

• Finnish: puoliautomaattinen (fi), itselataava (fi)
• German: halb automatisch, halbautomatisch (de)
• Greek: ημιαυτόματος (el) m (imiaftómatos)
• Italian: semiautomatico (it)
• Polish: półautomatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: semiautomático
• Russian: самозарядный (ru) (samozarjadnyj)
• Ukrainian: самозаря́дний (samozarjádnyj)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} semiautomatique (fr) m or f
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} полуавтома́тски m (poluavtomátski)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} semiautomat (ro)
• Russian: полуавтомати́ческий (ru) (poluavtomatíčeskij)

Noun

semi-automatic (plural semi-automatics)

1. (weaponry) A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol.
2. (automotive) A semi-automatic transmission.

Translations

semi-automatic firearm

• German: halb automatische Schusswaffe f, halbautomatische Schusswaffe f
• Greek: ημιαυτόματο n (imiaftómato)
• Portuguese: semiautomática f

semi-automatic transmission

• German: Halbautomatik f

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• French: ^{(please verify)} semiautomatique (fr) m
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} полуавтома́т m (poluavtomát)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} полуавтома́т (ru) m (poluavtomát)

See also

(automotive):

• manumatic
• automatic
• manual