Firearm

Noun

 * 1) A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a metal (usually lead) projectile.

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:firearm

Thesaurus
automatic, blowgun, blowpipe, flamethrower, gat, gun, handgun, heater, musket, peashooter, piece, pistol, repeater, revolver, rifle, rod, sawed-off shotgun, shooting iron, shotgun, six-gun, six-shooter

Etymology
fire + arm

Translations

 * Basque: su-arma
 * Breton: arm-tan
 * Catalan: arma de foc
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (huǒqì)
 * Danish: ildvåben (litterary, but old-fashioned); skydevåben
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: pū, kōpere tupua
 * Persian: (tofang),  (aslahe garm)
 * Polish: broń palna
 * Portuguese: arma de fogo
 * Romanian: armă de foc
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: skjutvapen, eldvapen
 * Volapük: filavaf
 * West Frisian: sjitark, fjoerwapen