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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesमशीन गन
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mashīn gan
"सैनिकों ने दुश्मन की मशीन गन पर कब्जा कर लिया।"
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An automatic firearm designed to fire bullets in rapid succession continuously as long as the trigger is pressed.
"The defensive position was fortified with a heavy machine-gun."
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To shoot someone or something with a machine-gun.
"Enemy aircraft tried to machine-gun the retreating column."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the late 19th century, the term combines 'machine' (from Latin machina, meaning a contrivance or engine) and 'gun' (derived from Middle English gonne, historically a short form of a woman's name used for early medieval catapults). It emerged alongside the development of fully automatic firearms such as the Gatling gun and Maxim gun to describe a mechanical apparatus capable of sustained rapid firing.
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mitrailleuse
Transliteration: mitʁajøz
"La position ennemie était défendue par une mitrailleuse."
Maschinengewehr
Transliteration: maˈʃiːnənɡəˌvɛːɐ̯
"Das Maschinengewehr feuerte ununterbrochen."
mitragliatrice
Transliteration: mitraʎʎaˈtritʃe
"Il soldato prese il controllo della mitragliatrice."
ametralladora
Transliteration: ametɾaʎaˈdoɾa
"El pelotón avanzó bajo el fuego de la ametralladora."
metralhadora
Transliteration: metɾaʎaˈdoɾɐ
"A metralhadora foi posicionada na colina."
मशीन गन
Transliteration: mashīn gan
"सैनिकों ने दुश्मन की मशीन गन पर कब्जा कर लिया।"
机枪
Transliteration: jīqiāng
"阵地上架起了一挺重机枪。"
기관총
Transliteration: gigwanchong
"적의 기관총 소리가 들렸다."
機関銃
Transliteration: kikanjū
"兵士たちは機関銃を陣地に据えた。"
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