Gatling gun

English

Etymology

Named after its inventor, Richard Jordan Gatling.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡætlɪŋ ˌɡʌn/

Noun

Gatling gun (plural Gatling guns)

A type of gun, similar to a modern machine gun, with several barrels on a rotating frame.

Synonyms

(machine gun with several barrels): rotary cannon, minigun

Translations

a type of machine gun

Catalan: metralladora Gatling f
Chinese: 加特林机枪 (zh), 加特林機槍 (zh) (Jiātèlínjī qiāng)
Czech: Gatlingův kulomet
Finnish: gatling
French: gatling f
German: Gatling-Kanone
Japanese: ガトリング砲 (gatoringu gan)
Marathi: गॅट्लिंग बंदूक f (gĕṭliṅg bandūk)

Norwegian: gatlingvåpen
Persian: مسلسل گاتلینگ‎‎ (musalsal gatling)
Polish: kartaczownica Gatlinga f
Portuguese: metralhadora Gatling f, Gatling f
Russian: пулемёт Га́тлинга m (pulemjót Gátlinga)
Serbo-Croatian: Гетлингов систем m
Spanish: cañón Gatling m
Swedish: gatlingkanon

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