English Explanatory Dictionary

assault rifle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A military select-fire rifle or carbine that fires an intermediate-power cartridge, from a detachable magazine.
  2. Any firearm meeting the definition of an assault weapon, and in the form of a rifle.

Pronunciation

/əˈsɒlt ˈɹaɪfəl/ /əˈsɔːlt ˈɹaɪfəl/ /əˈsɔlt ˈɹaɪfəl/ /əˈsɑlt ˈɹaɪfəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-assault rifle.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-TranqyPoo-assault rifle.wav

Word forms

assault rifle assault rifles

Etymology

Calque of German Sturmgewehr (literally “storm rifle”). The Maschinenpistole 44 was called the Sturmgewehr by Adolf Hitler, whence it was renamed to represent the separate class of firearm it represented.

Related words

automatic rifle battle rifle machine carbine machine gun machine pistol machine rifle submachine gun trench broom

Translations

Arabic: بُنْدُقِيَّة هُجُومِيَّة Arabic: رَشَّاش Armenian: գրոհային հրացան Azerbaijani: avtomat Belarusian: аўтамат Bulgarian: автома́т Chinese Mandarin: 突擊步槍 /突击步枪 Chinese Mandarin: 攻擊步槍 /攻击步枪 Czech: útočná puška Danish: stormgevær Dutch: aanvalsgeweer Esperanto: sturmofusilo Faroese: álopsbyrsa Finnish: rynnäkkökivääri French: fusil d'assaut German: Sturmgewehr Hebrew: רובה סער Hungarian: gépkarabély Icelandic: hríðskotariffill Icelandic: árásarriffill Indonesian: senapan serbu Italian: fucile d'assalto Japanese: 突撃銃 Japanese: アサルトライフル Korean: 돌격소총 Lithuanian: automatas Lithuanian: šturmo šautuvais Norwegian: automatgevær Polish: karabin automatyczny Portuguese: fuzil de assalto Russian: штурмова́я винто́вка Russian: автома́т Slovak: automat Slovene: jurišna puška Slovene: avtomatska puška Spanish: fusil de asalto Spanish: rifle de asalto Spanish: fusa Swedish: automatkarbin Swedish: stormgevär Turkish: piyade Tüfeği Ukrainian: штурмова́ гвинті́вка Ukrainian: автома́т
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