mitrailleuse

English

The Montigny mitrailleuse, c. 1870

Etymology

French mitrailleuse, 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

Finnish: mitraljöösi, kuularuisku (fi)
Greek: μυδραλιοβόλο (el) n (mydraliovólo), μυδραλλιοβόλον (el) n (mydralliovólon)
Russian: митралье́за (ru) f (mitralʹjéza), карте́чница (ru) f (kartéčnica)
Spanish: metrallera f

Further reading

mitrailleuse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From mitrailler +‎ -euse.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mitrailleuse f (plural mitrailleuses)

machine gun
Coordinate terms: fusil-mitrailleur (“light machine gun”), mitraillette (“submachine gun”)

Descendants

→ English: mitrailleuse
→ Finnish: mitraljöösi
→ Ottoman Turkish: مترالیوز (mitralyöz)
- Turkish: mitralyöz
→ Portuguese: metralhadora (calque)
→ Serbo-Croatian: mitraljez

Noun

mitrailleuse f (plural mitrailleuses)

female equivalent of mitrailleur (“machine-gunner”)

Further reading

“mitrailleuse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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