mitrailleuse

English

The Montigny mitrailleuse, c. 1870

Etymology

French, 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

Russian: митралье́за (ru) f (mitralʹjéza), карте́чница (ru) f (kartéčnica)

French

Etymology

From mitrailler +‎ -euse

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi.tʁɑ.jøz/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

mitrailleuse f (plural mitrailleuses)

machine gun

Noun

mitrailleuse f (plural mitrailleuses, masculine mitrailleur)

machine-gunner

Further reading

“mitrailleuse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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