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Meaning of Semi-Automatic | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol.
  2. A semi-automatic transmission.

Equivalents

العربية نصف آلي
Català semiautomàtic
Cymraeg lled-awtomatig
Deutsch halb automatisch halb automatische Schusswaffe Halbautomatik halbautomatisch halbautomatische Schusswaffe
Ελληνικά ημιαυτόματος
Español semiautomático
Suomi itselataava puoliautomaattinen
Magyar félautomata
Italiano semiautomatico
日本語 半自動
한국어 반자동
Polski półautomatyczny
Português semiautomática semiautomático
Română semiautomat
Русский полуавтомати́ческий самозарядный

Examples

“The Los Angeles ordinance covers semi-automatics with a detachable magazine of 20 rounds or more. As examples, it cited such weapons as the AR 15 assault rifles, Uzi assault rifles and carbines, Ingram Mac-10 and Mac-11 assault carbines, AK-47 assault rifles, Thompson carbines and all Avtomat Kalashnikov weapons.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

semi-automatic transmission Semi-Bantu semi-bluff semi-boarding school semi-calque semi-chub

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