submachine gun

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.

Equivalents

Españolmetralleta pistola ametralladora subfusil

Françaismitraillette pistolet mitrailleur PM

DeutschMaschinenpistole

23 more languages

العربيةالمسدس الرشاش بندقية رشاشة

Bosanskiautomat

Češtinasamopal

Ελληνικάυποπολυβόλο

Suomikonepistooli

Gaeilgefo-mheaisínghunna

Hrvatskiautomat

Íslenskahríðskotabyssa

Italianomitra

日本語サブマシンガン短機関銃

한국어기관단총

Latviešumašīnpistole

Македонскиавтомат

Nederlandsmachinepistool pistoolmitrailleur

Polskiautomat peem pistolet maszynowyrozpylacz

Portuguêssubmetralhadora

Русскийавтомат пистоле́т-пулемёт пп

Српскиautomat

Svenskakpist kulsprutepistol

ไทยปืนกลมือ

Türkçemakineli tabanca

Українськапістоле́т-кулеме́т ПК

Tiếng Việttiểu liên

Examples

“Bare-chested children and their parents gathered in doorways, on roofs and in windows as he passed, watched warily by Brazilian troops carrying submachine guns.”

CEFR level

B2

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

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See also

submacroblock submaid submain submajor submajority submajorization

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