Meanings
noungrenade launcher (plural grenade launchers)
plural grenade launchers
- A weapon that shoots grenades from a device.
Origin
Compound of grenade + launcher.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بندقية قاذفة
- بندقية قاذفةweapon that shoots grenades
Bulgarian гранатомет
- гранатомет (granatomet)weapon that shoots grenades
Catalan llançagranades
- llançagranadesweapon that shoots grenades
Chinese Mandarin 榴彈發射器 /榴弹发射器, 擲彈筒 /掷弹筒
- 榴彈發射器 /榴弹发射器 (liúdàn fāshèqì)weapon that shoots grenades
- 擲彈筒 /掷弹筒 (zhìdàntǒng)weapon that shoots grenades
Czech granátomet
- granátometweapon that shoots grenades
Danish granatkaster
- granatkasterweapon that shoots grenades
Dutch granaatwerper
- granaatwerperweapon that shoots grenades
Esperanto grenadĵetilo
- grenadĵetiloweapon that shoots grenades
Finnish kranaattikivääri, kranaattiampumalaite
- kranaattikivääriweapon that shoots grenades
- kranaattiampumalaiteweapon that shoots grenades
French lance-grenade, lance-grenades
- lance-grenadeweapon that shoots grenades
- lance-grenadesweapon that shoots grenades
German Granatwerfer
- Granatwerferweapon that shoots grenades
Hebrew מטול רימונים
- מטול רימוניםweapon that shoots grenades
Hungarian gránátvető
- gránátvetőweapon that shoots grenades
Icelandic sprengjuvarpa
- sprengjuvarpaweapon that shoots grenades
Indonesian pelontar granat
- pelontar granatweapon that shoots grenades
Italian lanciagranate
- lanciagranateweapon that shoots grenades
Japanese グレネードランチャー, グレネードガン
- グレネードランチャー (gurenēdoranchā)weapon that shoots grenades
- グレネードガン (gurenēdogan)weapon that shoots grenades
- 擲弾発射器 (tekidan hasshaki)weapon that shoots grenades
- 擲弾筒 (tekidantō)weapon that shoots grenades
- 擲弾銃 (tekidanjū)weapon that shoots grenades
Korean 유탄 발사기
- 유탄 발사기 (yutan balsagi)weapon that shoots grenades
Latvian granātmetējs
- granātmetējsweapon that shoots grenades
Lithuanian granatsvaidis
- granatsvaidisweapon that shoots grenades
Malay tekidanto
- tekidantoweapon that shoots grenades
Norwegian granatkaster
- granatkasterweapon that shoots grenades
Polish granatnik
- granatnikweapon that shoots grenades
Portuguese lança-granadas
- lança-granadasweapon that shoots grenades
Romanian lansator de grenade
- lansator de grenadeweapon that shoots grenades
Russian гранатомёт
- гранатомёт (granatomjót)weapon that shoots grenades
Spanish lanzagranadas
- lanzagranadasweapon that shoots grenades
Swedish granatkarbin, granattillsats (attachable)
- granatkarbinweapon that shoots grenades
- granattillsats (attachable)weapon that shoots grenades
Thai เครื่องยิงลูกระเบิด
- เครื่องยิงลูกระเบิดweapon that shoots grenades
Ukrainian гранатоме́т
- гранатоме́т (hranatomét)weapon that shoots grenades
Cite this entry
APA
grenade launcher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grenade%20launcher
MLA
“grenade launcher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grenade%20launcher. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grenade launcher,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grenade%20launcher.
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