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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries軽火縄銃
Native Script:日本語
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kei hinawajū
"兵士たちは軽火縄銃を装備していました。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A light-weight musket or arquebus standard in size, used by infantry in the 16th and 17th centuries.
"The regiment was equipped with standard calivers and powder flasks for the upcoming skirmish." - 2
A soldier armed with a caliver.
"Several companies of pikemen and calivers formed the main body of the defense force."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the 16th-century French word 'calibre' or 'calibre' through an alteration influenced by the phrase 'caliber'. Historically used in late sixteenth and early seventeenth-century England to describe a light-weight firearm or arquebus of a standard size.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Caliver"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Caliver" is said worldwide
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arquebuse
Transliteration: arkəbyz
"Les soldats portaient une arquebuse légère."
Kaliber
Transliteration: kaˈliːbɐ
"Die Soldaten waren mit leichten Feuerwaffen ausgerüstet."
archibugio
Transliteration: arkiˈbuːdʒo
"Ogni soldato brandiva il proprio archibugio."
calibre
Transliteration: kaˈliβɾe
"Los infantes llevaban un arma ligera llamada calibre."
arcabuz
Transliteration: aʁkaˈbuz
"Os soldados utilizavam o arcabuz nas batalhas."
हल्की बंदूक
Transliteration: halki bandook
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"सैनिकों के पास एक हल्की बंदूक थी।"
轻型火绳枪
Transliteration: qīng xíng huǒ shéng qiāng
Script: 中文汉字
"士兵们装备了轻型火绳枪。"
경량 화승총
Transliteration: gyeong-ryang hwaseungchong
Script: 한국어 한글
"병사들은 경량 화승총으로 무장했다."
軽火縄銃
Transliteration: kei hinawajū
Script: 日本語
"兵士たちは軽火縄銃を装備していました。"
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