Rifle in Different Languages
Discover 'Rifle' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Rifle
Afrikaans geweer | ||
Albanian pushkë | ||
Amharic ጠመንጃ | ||
Arabic بندقية | ||
Armenian հրացան | ||
Assamese ৰাইফল | ||
Aymara rifle ukax wali ch’amawa | ||
Azerbaijani tüfəng | ||
Bambara marifa | ||
Basque fusila | ||
Belarusian вінтоўка | ||
Bengali রাইফেল | ||
Bhojpuri राइफल के बा | ||
Bosnian puška | ||
Bulgarian пушка | ||
Catalan rifle | ||
Cebuano pusil | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 步枪 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 步槍 | ||
Corsican fucile | ||
Croatian puška | ||
Czech puška | ||
Danish riffel | ||
Dhivehi ރައިފަލް އެވެ | ||
Dogri राइफल | ||
Dutch geweer- | ||
English rifle | ||
Esperanto fusilo | ||
Estonian püss | ||
Ewe tu si wotsɔna ƒoa tu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) riple | ||
Finnish kivääri | ||
French fusil | ||
Frisian gewear | ||
Galician rifle | ||
Georgian თოფი | ||
German gewehr | ||
Greek τουφέκι | ||
Guarani fusil rehegua | ||
Gujarati રાઈફલ | ||
Haitian Creole fizi | ||
Hausa bindiga | ||
Hawaiian pu raifela | ||
Hebrew רובה | ||
Hindi राइफल | ||
Hmong phom | ||
Hungarian puska | ||
Icelandic riffill | ||
Igbo égbè | ||
Ilocano riple | ||
Indonesian senapan | ||
Irish raidhfil | ||
Italian fucile | ||
Japanese ライフル | ||
Javanese bedhil | ||
Kannada ರೈಫಲ್ | ||
Kazakh мылтық | ||
Khmer កាំភ្លើង | ||
Kinyarwanda imbunda | ||
Konkani रायफल वापरतात | ||
Korean 소총 | ||
Krio rayf we dɛn kin yuz | ||
Kurdish tiving | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تفەنگ | ||
Kyrgyz мылтык | ||
Lao ປືນ | ||
Latin diripiat | ||
Latvian šautene | ||
Lingala mondoki ya kobɛta | ||
Lithuanian šautuvas | ||
Luganda emmundu | ||
Luxembourgish gewier | ||
Macedonian пушка | ||
Maithili राइफल | ||
Malagasy basy | ||
Malay senapang | ||
Malayalam റൈഫിൾ | ||
Maltese xkubetta | ||
Maori raiwhara | ||
Marathi रायफल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯔꯥꯏꯐꯜ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo rifle a ni | ||
Mongolian винтов | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရိုင်ဖယ် | ||
Nepali राइफल | ||
Norwegian rifle | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mfuti | ||
Odia (Oriya) ରାଇଫଲ | ||
Oromo qawwee | ||
Pashto ټوپک | ||
Persian تفنگ | ||
Polish karabin | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) rifle | ||
Punjabi ਰਾਈਫਲ | ||
Quechua fusil | ||
Romanian puşcă | ||
Russian винтовка | ||
Samoan fana | ||
Sanskrit बन्दुकम् | ||
Scots Gaelic raidhfil | ||
Sepedi sethunya | ||
Serbian пушка | ||
Sesotho sethunya | ||
Shona pfuti | ||
Sindhi رائفل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) රයිෆලය | ||
Slovak puška | ||
Slovenian puško | ||
Somali qoriga | ||
Spanish rifle | ||
Sundanese bedil | ||
Swahili bunduki | ||
Swedish gevär | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) rifle | ||
Tajik туфангча | ||
Tamil துப்பாக்கி | ||
Tatar мылтык | ||
Telugu రైఫిల్ | ||
Thai ปืนไรเฟิล | ||
Tigrinya ሽጉጥ | ||
Tsonga xibamu xa xibamu | ||
Turkish tüfek | ||
Turkmen tüpeň | ||
Twi (Akan) tuo a wɔde di dwuma | ||
Ukrainian гвинтівка | ||
Urdu رائفل | ||
Uyghur مىلتىق | ||
Uzbek miltiq | ||
Vietnamese súng trường | ||
Welsh reiffl | ||
Xhosa umpu | ||
Yiddish ביקס | ||
Yoruba ibọn | ||
Zulu isibhamu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "geweer" in Afrikaans is derived from the Dutch word "geweer", which means "weapon" or "firearm". |
| Albanian | The term "pushkë" is a derivative of the Latin word "bucca", meaning "mouth" or "cheek," referring to the rifle's early usage against horse riders. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word “ጠመንጃ” originates from the Italian word “teminegga” which is itself derived from the Late Latin expression “tormentum”. |
| Arabic | بندقية is the Arabic word for rifle, it originally referred to a matchlock musket in the 15th century, and the name comes from the Arabic word for a wick. |
| Armenian | The word |
| Azerbaijani | "Tüfeng" is a word of Persian origin that was first used as a synonym for "musket" in the 16th century. |
| Basque | Fusila may also mean a "spinning wheel" or a "spinning top" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | "Вінтоўка" in Belarusian also means "screw" and is related to the word "вінт" (screw). |
| Bengali | ব্যঞ্জনবর্ণ বুলিয়ে বেগবান বন্দুকের নল বোঝাতেও 'রাইফেল' শব্দ ব্যবহৃত হয়। |
| Bosnian | The word "puška" also means "cannon" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "пушка" can also refer to a cannon or any other large weapon |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "rifle" can also refer to a dispute or argument. |
| Cebuano | Pusil may also mean 'to shoot' or 'to hit' in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 步枪 (pronounced 'bùqiāng') literally means 'foot gun', and can also refer to an infantry firearm or the person carrying it. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 步 in 步槍 is a component of 跋, meaning to advance with effort, while 槍 refers to a spear. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "fucile" also means "fire" or "hearth". |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "puška" can also refer to a cannon or blunderbuss. |
| Czech | The word "puška" is derived from the German word "büchse", meaning "box" or "case". |
| Danish | The Danish word "riffel" has different meanings in Norwegian and German than in Danish. |
| Dutch | The word "geweer-" derives from the Middle Dutch "gewere" (weapon). |
| Esperanto | The word "fusilo" in Esperanto can also mean "spout" or "gutter". |
| Estonian | "Püss" is also used figuratively in Estonian to mean a "tough guy" or a "bully". |
| Finnish | The word "kivääri" is derived from the German word "gewehr", meaning "weapon". |
| French | The word "fusil" in French derives from the Latin "focile", meaning "flint". |
| Frisian | The word "gewear" is cognate with the Dutch word "geweer" meaning "firearm", and ultimately derives from the French word "guerre" meaning "war". |
| Galician | In Galician, “rifle” can refer to “the action of stealing” as well as to a “rifling groove”. |
| Georgian | In Georgian, "თოფი" initially meant "a weapon for self-defense" and was later used specifically for "firearms". |
| German | "Gewehr" in German originally meant "wielding" or "carrying", referring to the act of carrying arms. |
| Greek | The word "τουφέκι" comes from the Turkish word "tüfek", meaning gun. The word is also used figuratively in Greek to refer to a difficult situation or task. |
| Gujarati | The term "રાઈફલ" is also used to describe the furrows or grooves that are cut into the bore of a gun barrel. |
| Haitian Creole | "Fizi" may derive from the Spanish "fuzil" or the French "fusil". It can also mean a stick or a rod. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "bindiga" is derived from the Arabic "banduq," denoting a type of early cannons or muskets |
| Hawaiian | Pu raifela, a term for the rifle, is a combination of two Hawaiian terms – “pū,” meaning a weapon or gun and “laifela,” derived from the English word “rifle.”. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word רובה derives from the Aramaic word "rwby", meaning "arrow", which also gave rise to the word "rubai" in Persian, meaning "quarter" or "quadrant". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "राइफल" (rifle) is ultimately derived from the German word "riffeln," meaning "to groove" or "to channel," referring to the grooves cut into the bore of a rifle barrel. |
| Hmong | In the Hmong language, "phom" refers to both a rifle and a type of crossbow traditionally used for hunting. |
| Hungarian | Hungarian word "puska" (rifle) is derived from Turkish word "bucuk" (short gun). |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "riffill" can also refer to a "musical riff" or a "series of rapid notes played on a musical instrument." |
| Igbo | In some contexts, 'égbè' in Igbo can also refer to a 'stick' or 'club' used for hitting or throwing. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "senapan" is derived from the Arabic word "sinf", meaning "rank" or "row", and refers to the use of rifles in military formations. |
| Irish | Raidhfil also means "strife" or "discord" in Irish. |
| Italian | The Italian word "fucile" also means "flint" or "steel". |
| Japanese | "ライフル" is a loanword from the English word "rifle" and also means "a tube used to fill ink or other liquid into a container" |
| Javanese | The word 'bedhil' in Javanese can also refer to a cannon or a firearm in general, and it is thought to have originated from the Sanskrit word 'bedi' meaning 'noise' or 'explosion'. |
| Kannada | "ರೈಫಲ್" (rifle) is derived from the Middle Dutch, Middle Low German word "riffel" meaning groove, which in turn may derive from the High German "riefe" meaning scratch, furrow, line or streak. |
| Kazakh | The word "мылтық" can also refer to a "gun" or a "firearm" in Kazakh. |
| Korean | 소총 ('rifle') literally means 'small gun' in Korean and is often used to refer to any type of firearm. |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, the word "tiving" can also mean "firearm" or "gun." |
| Kyrgyz | The word "мылтык" derives from the Turkic word "mıltiq" meaning "arrow" or "crossbow". |
| Lao | The Lao word "ປືນ" can also refer to a cannon or gun, or to the process of firing a gun. |
| Latin | The Latin term **diripiat** originates from **rapere**, which can mean not only 'to plunder' or 'to rob', but also 'to carry off', and 'to hasten' |
| Latvian | "Šautene" originates from the German word "Schützen" meaning "to shoot". |
| Lithuanian | The word "šautuvas" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skeud-, meaning "to throw" or "to shoot". |
| Luxembourgish | The term can also be used metaphorically for a person with strong stamina and fighting spirit or to refer to something large and imposing. |
| Macedonian | The word "пушка" can also refer to a type of cannon in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | "Basy" is also used to refer to the traditional form of hunting spear used to take wild boar or in armed combat, particularly against wild boar in ceremonial combat, a practice that has existed since at least the 18th century. |
| Malay | The word "senapang" is thought to have originated from the Sanskrit word "senapathi," meaning "army commander" or "general," and was later used to refer to the weapon carried by soldiers. |
| Malayalam | The word "റൈഫിൾ" in Malayalam derives from English and can also mean an object that is twisted or spiralled. |
| Maltese | Xkubetta is derived from the Italian word "schioppetto", which means "small gun". |
| Maori | The word 'raiwhara' originally meant 'a weapon for discharging arrows' before guns were introduced to Maori. |
| Marathi | The word 'रायफल' derives from the Dutch word 'geweer', meaning 'firearm'. |
| Mongolian | "Винтов" (meaning "rifle" in English) is derived from the Russian word "винт" (meaning "screw") due to the rifle's distinctive helical rifling. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ရိုင်ဖယ်" is derived from the Dutch word "riiffel", meaning "groove", referring to the rifling in the barrel that imparts spin to the bullet. |
| Nepali | "राइफल" (rifle in English) comes from the 16th-century German "büchse", meaning a box or gun. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "rifle" originally came from the French word "rifle," which referred to a groove on a bullet that makes it spin during flight. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, the word "mfuti" also refers to a bow and arrow, or more generally to any tool that launches projectiles, including arrows, darts, and guns |
| Pashto | The word "ټوپک" in Pashto also refers to a type of traditional musical instrument resembling a trumpet. |
| Persian | "تفنگ" is thought to have been derived from the German word "Trommel" (drum), which referred to rotating cylinders on firearms that held multiple charges. In Middle Persian, the word "tumbak" was used to refer to the sound of a gunshot. |
| Polish | The word "karabin" comes from the Turkish word "karabina", meaning "black rifle". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "rifle" in Portuguese can also refer to a type of guitar string or a groove or groove on a carpentry tool. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਰਾਈਫਲ" (rifle) in Punjabi is also used to refer to a gun with a spiral groove inside the barrel, which imparts a spin to the bullet, improving accuracy. |
| Romanian | Puşcă, which also means "gunpowder", could be rooted in Slavic dialects or in ancient words signifying "tube" and "reed". |
| Russian | "Винтовка" в русском языке имеет также разговорное значение - "бутылка вина, водки или пива." |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "fana" is also used in other Polynesian languages, such as Tongan, meaning "bow and arrow". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'raidhfil' in Scots Gaelic is not a native word, but rather a loanword from the English word 'rifle'. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word 'пушка' can also refer to a cannon or gun. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "sethunya" is derived from the Zulu word "isithunywa," which means "messenger" or "envoy." |
| Shona | Pfuti's root, 'pfu,' is an onomatopoeia representing the sound of a gun shot. |
| Sindhi | The word "رائفل" also has the alternate meaning of "a person who has a lot of experience or knowledge in a particular area" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "රයිෆලය" (rifle) in Sinhala is derived from the Dutch word "roer", meaning "barrel" or "firearm". |
| Slovak | The word "puška" in Slovak is derived from the Czech word "puška", which means "gun". |
| Slovenian | The word 'puška' in Slovenian can also refer to a tube or pipe, or a tool for cleaning fireplaces. |
| Somali | The word "qoriga" may also be used to refer to a "gun" in general or a firearm. |
| Spanish | En español, "rifle" también significa "atraco" o "saqueo". |
| Sundanese | The word 'bedil' can also refer to a cannon or a firearm in general. |
| Swahili | The word "bunduki" in Swahili may originate from the Portuguese word "espingarda," which also means "rifle." |
| Swedish | In Medieval Swedish, a "gevär" was a type of javelin, and the word also came to mean "weapon" or "tool". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, 'rifle' also means 'to shuffle cards' |
| Tajik | The word "туфангча" in Tajik is derived from the Persian word "تفنگچه" (tofangche) and ultimately from the Turkish word "tüfek" (rifle). |
| Telugu | The word "రైఫిల్" (rifle) in Telugu derives from the Dutch word "riffelen", meaning "to groove" or "to make grooves", referring to the helical grooves cut into the barrel of a rifle. |
| Thai | "ปืนไรเฟิล" is ultimately derived from the German word "riffel" meaning "groove," referring to the grooves cut into the gun barrel. |
| Turkish | "Tüfek" also means "matchlock gun" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | "Гвинтівка" is derived from the Ukrainian word "гвинт" (screw), referring to the spiral grooves in the barrel that impart spin to the bullet. |
| Urdu | "رائفل" is also the word for "looter" in Urdu and its first attested use in that sense was in 1870. |
| Uzbek | The word "miltiq" is also a poetic word for "lightning" or "thunderbolt" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "súng trường" comes from the Chinese word "枪枪", which originally meant "a spear or long weapon". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "reiffl" originally referred to a groove or channel, and later came to mean "rifle" due to the grooves in the barrel. |
| Xhosa | The word "umpu" in Xhosa, originally meaning "gun," is derived from the Zulu word for "firearm." |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "ביקס" (bixs) also means "cannon" or "artillery", derived from the Old High German "buhsa". |
| Yoruba | The word "ibọn" also means "arrow" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'isibhamu' can refer to a musket or a cannon in some old Zulu texts. |
| English | Rifle is derived from Middle English 'riflen,' meaning 'to cut or groove,' from Old French 'rifle,' from the Germanic 'rifilin,' which is related to the word 'raffle.' |