submachine gun

See also: submachinegun

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ machine gun.

Noun

submachine gun (plural submachine guns)

A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.
Bare-chested children and their parents gathered in doorways, on roofs and in windows as he passed, watched warily by Brazilian troops carrying submachine guns. - New York Times, 09/03/2007

Synonyms

machine pistol
SMG (abbreviation)
trench broom
chopper

Hyponyms

Related terms

machine carbine
machine pistol
machine rifle
machine gun

Translations

short range machine gun

Chinese:
Mandarin: 衝鋒槍 (zh), 冲锋枪 (zh) (chōngfēngqiāng)
Czech: samopal (cs) m
Finnish: konepistooli (fi)
French: mitraillette (fr) f, pistolet mitrailleur (fr) m, PM (fr) m
German: Maschinenpistole (de) f
Greek: υποπολυβόλο n (ypopolyvólo)
Icelandic: hríðskotabyssa (is) f
Irish: fo-mheaisínghunna m

Japanese: 短機関銃 (ja) (たんきかんじゅう, tankikanjū), サブマシンガン (sabumashingan)
Korean: 기관단총 (ko) (gigwandanchong)
Manx: fo-vasheengunn m
Polish: pistolet maszynowy (pl) m
Portuguese: submetralhadora f
Russian: автома́т (ru) m (avtomát), пистоле́т-пулемёт (ru) m (pistolét-pulemjót)
Slovak: samopal m
Spanish: pistola ametralladora f
Swedish: kulsprutepistol c, kpist (sv) c

See also

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