rifle
A firearm fired from the shoulderA firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
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» He always walks with a rifle.
Er ist immer mit einem Gewehr unterwegs. — mayabe
Er hat immer ein Gewehr dabei. — mayabe
Er geht immer mit einem Gewehr herum. — mayabe
Он всегда ходит с винтовкой. — sharptoothed
Він завжди ходить із рушницею. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 sensesA firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
(dated, usually plural)A rifleman.
An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
Gewehr
ружьёružʹjó, винто́вкаvintóvka, караби́нkarabín
гвинті́вкаhvyntívka, рушни́цяrušnýcja
A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
Examples
222 sentencesHe always walks with a rifle.
Він завжди ходить із рушницею. — deniko
ruОн всегда ходит с винтовкой. — sharptoothed
deEr ist immer mit einem Gewehr unterwegs. — mayabe
Have you ever bought a rifle?
Ти колись купував рушницю? — deniko
Put the rifle down.
Поклади рушницю. — deniko
Tom cleaned his rifle.
Том почистив свою рушницю. — deniko
Tom's rifle wasn't loaded.
Рушниця Тома не була заряджена. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
Originally short for “rifled gun”, referring to the spiral grooves inside the barrel. FromOriginally short for “rifled gun”, referring to the spiral grooves inside the barrel. From Middle English riflen (“to rob, plunder, search through”), from Old French rifler (“to lightly scratch, scrape off, plunder”), from Old High German riffilōn (compare German riffeln (“to score, make grooves in, ripple”), archaic Dutch rijfelen (“to scrape”), Old English rifelan, riflian (“to wrinkle”)), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (compare Old Norse rífa (“to tear, break”)). More at rive.
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