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)

1. 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