escopet

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noun

A kind of short rifle, like a carbine, used in Latin America.

OriginSpanish escopeta ← French escopette →
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Meanings

nounescopet (plural escopets)

plural escopets · alternative escopette · alternative escopeta

  1. A kind of short rifle, like a carbine, used in Latin America.

Origin

  1. Frenchescopette
  2. Spanishescopeta
  3. Englishescopet

From Spanish escopeta, French escopette.

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APA

escopet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escopet

MLA

“escopet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escopet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escopet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escopet.

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