Gatling gun

English

Etymology

Named after American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡætlɪŋ ˌɡʌn/
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Noun

Gatling gun (plural Gatling guns)

A type of gun, similar to a modern machine gun, with several barrels on a rotating frame.

Synonyms

(machine gun with several barrels): rotary machine gun, rotary cannon, minigun

Translations

a type of machine gun

Bulgarian: кърте́чница Га́тлинг f (kǎrtéčnica Gátling)
Catalan: metralladora Gatling f
Chinese: 加特林机枪 (zh) (jiātèlín jīqiāng), 加特林機槍／加特林机枪 (zh) (Jiātèlínjī qiāng)
Czech: Gatlingův kulomet
Finnish: gatling
French: gatling f
German: Gatling-Kanone
Japanese: ガトリング砲 (gatoringu gan)
Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
Marathi: गॅट्लिंग बंदूक f (gĕṭliṅga bandūk)
Norwegian: gatlingvåpen
Persian: مسلسل گاتلینگ (mosalsal-e gâtling)
Polish: kartaczownica Gatlinga f
Portuguese: metralhadora Gatling f, Gatling f
Russian: пулемёт Га́тлинга m (pulemjót Gátlinga)
Serbo-Croatian: Гетлингов систем m
Spanish: cañón Gatling m
Swedish: gatlingkanon c

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