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Meaning of Rifle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈɹaɪfəl

Definitions

  1. A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
  2. A rifleman.
    dated, plural-normally
  3. An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
  4. A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.

Equivalents

العربية البندقية بندق بندقية مكحلة
Azərbaycanca tüfəng
Беларуская стрэльба
Български нарязвам
བོད་སྐད མེ་མདའ་ཁ་རིང རིང་མདའ
Bosanski gever puščani puška šica пушка пушчани шица
Català fusell rifle
Čeština puška ručnice
Dansk riffel
Deutsch Büchse Gewehr Knifte
Ελληνικά αραβίδα καραμπίνα όπλο τουφέκι
Esperanto fusilo
Español arma larga fusil rifle
Eesti vintpüss
Suomi ampua kivääri penkoa rihla rihlata riistää rosvota ryöstää
Français fusil rifle rifle
Gaeilge creach raidhfil
עברית רובה
हिन्दी बंदूक़ राइफ़ल
Hrvatski gever puščani puška šica пушка пушчани шица
Magyar karabély puska
Հայերեն հրացան
Bahasa Indonesia senapan
Íslenska riffill
Italiano fucile schioppo
日本語 ライフル ライフル銃 小銃 筒
ქართული შაშხანა
Қазақша мылтық
ខ្មែរ កាំភ្លើងវែង
한국어 銃 라이플 라이플 총 소총 총
Кыргызча мылтык
Latina sclopetum
Lingála bondóki
ລາວ ປືນ
Latviešu šautene
Македонски пушка
Монгол буу
Malti azzarin xkubetta
မြန်မာဘာသာ ရိုင်ဖယ်
Nederlands geweer
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬੰਦੂਕ਼
Polski fuzja gwintować karabin plądrować przetrząsać przetrząsnąć splądrować strzelać strzelba strzelić wyrwać wyrywać wystrzeliwać się
Português espingarda fuzil refle revirar rifle
Română flintă
Русский винтовка карабин ружьё
සිංහල තුවක්කුව
Slovenčina puška
Slovenščina puška
Shqip pushkë shklube
Српски gever puščani puška šica пушка пушчани шица
Svenska geväder gevär
Тоҷикӣ милтиқ
ไทย ปืน ไรเฟิล
Türkmençe tüpeň
Tagalog riple
Türkçe tüfek
ئۇيغۇرچە مىلتىق
Українська гвинтівка пушка рушниця
Tiếng Việt súng trường

Examples

“Still, a dozen men with rifles, and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane, and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride.”
“In the June days of 1848 Baudelaire reports seeing revolutionaries (he might have been one of them) going through the streets of Paris with rifles, shooting all the clocks.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

rifle cartridge rifle fish rifle green rifle grenade rifle pit rifle range

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