air gun

See also: airgun and air-gun

English

Alternative forms

• airgun
• air-gun

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈeə(ɹ).ɡʌn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ.ɡə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

air gun (plural air guns)

1. A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air or similar compressed gas (such as carbon dioxide).

   Hyponyms: air pistol (handgun-like), air rifle (long gun–like), pellet gun, BB gun

Related terms

• airsoft

 

Translations

gun that propels a projective by compressed air

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空氣槍／空气枪 (zh) (kōngqìqiāng), 氣槍／气枪 (zh) (qìqiāng)

• Danish: luftgevær n
• Dutch: luchtbuks (nl) f, luchtgeweer n
• Faroese: luftbyrsa f
• Finnish: ilma-ase (fi)
• French: pistolet à air m, pistolet à air comprimé m
• German: Luftgewehr (de) n, Luftdruckgewehr n
• Greek: αεροβόλο (el) n (aerovólo)
• Hebrew: רובה אוויר (he) m (rovee avír)
• Irish: aerghunna m
• Japanese: 空気銃 (くうきじゅう, kūkijū)
• Plautdietsch: Loftflint f
• Polish: wiatrówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: arma de ar comprimido f, arma de pressão f
• Romanian: armă cu aer comprimat f, armă pneumatică f
• Russian: пневмати́ческое ружьё n (pnevmatíčeskoje ružʹjó), духово́е ружьё n (duxovóje ružʹjó)
• Slovene: zračna puška f
• Swedish: luftpistol c
• Thai: ปืนลม (bpʉʉn-lom)
• Vietnamese: súng hơi

See also

• air hammer
• nail gun
• pneumatics
• staple gun

 

Anagrams

• Guarin, Rugian, Ugrian, agurin, arguin'