Meanings
plural submachine guns
- A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.
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.
2007 March 9, Jim Rutenberg, Larry Rohter, “Bush’s South America Tour Incites Fight for Attention”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: machine pistol, trench broom, chopper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.
Origin
Translations
Arabic بندقية رشاشة, المسدس الرشاش
- بندقية رشاشةshort range machine gun
- المسدس الرشاشshort range machine gun
Bulgarian автомат, шмайзер
- автомат (avtomat)short range machine gun
- шмайзер (šmajzer)short range machine gun
Catalan subfusell
- subfusellshort range machine gun
Chinese Mandarin 衝鋒槍 /冲锋枪
- 衝鋒槍 /冲锋枪 (chōngfēngqiāng)short range machine gun
Czech samopal
- samopalshort range machine gun
Danish maskinpistol
- maskinpistolshort range machine gun
Dutch machinepistool, pistoolmitrailleur
- machinepistoolshort range machine gun
- pistoolmitrailleurshort range machine gun
Esperanto mitraleto
- mitraletoshort range machine gun
Estonian püstolkuulipilduja
- püstolkuulipildujashort range machine gun
Finnish konepistooli
- konepistoolishort range machine gun
French mitraillette, pistolet mitrailleur
- mitrailletteshort range machine gun
- pistolet mitrailleurshort range machine gun
- PMshort range machine gun
German Maschinenpistole
- Maschinenpistoleshort range machine gun
Greek υποπολυβόλο
- υποπολυβόλο (ypopolyvólo)short range machine gun
Hebrew תת־מקלע
- תת־מקלעshort range machine gun
Icelandic hríðskotabyssa
- hríðskotabyssashort range machine gun
Irish fo-mheaisínghunna
- fo-mheaisínghunnashort range machine gun
Italian mitra
- mitrashort range machine gun
Japanese 短機関銃, サブマシンガン
- 短機関銃 (tankikanjū)short range machine gun
- サブマシンガン (sabumashingan)short range machine gun
Korean 기관단총
- 기관단총 (gigwandanchong)short range machine gun
Latvian mašīnpistole
- mašīnpistoleshort range machine gun
Persian مسلسل دستی
- مسلسل دستیshort range machine gun
Polish pistolet maszynowy, peem
- pistolet maszynowyshort range machine gun
- peemshort range machine gun
- automatshort range machine gun
- rozpylaczshort range machine gun
Portuguese submetralhadora
- submetralhadorashort range machine gun
Russian автома́т, пистоле́т-пулемёт
- автома́т (avtomát)short range machine gun
- пистоле́т-пулемёт (pistolét-pulemjót)short range machine gun
- ПП (PP)short range machine gun
Slovak samopal
- samopalshort range machine gun
Spanish pistola ametralladora, metralleta
- pistola ametralladorashort range machine gun
- metralletashort range machine gun
- subfusilshort range machine gun
Swedish kulsprutepistol, kpist
- kulsprutepistolshort range machine gun
- kpistshort range machine gun
Thai ปืนกลมือ
- ปืนกลมือ (bpʉʉn-gon-mʉʉ)short range machine gun
Turkish makineli tabanca
- makineli tabancashort range machine gun
Ukrainian пістолет-кулемет, ПК
- пістолет-кулемет (pistolet-kulemet)short range machine gun
- ПК (PK)short range machine gun
Cite this entry
submachine gun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submachine%20gun
“submachine gun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submachine%20gun. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “submachine gun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submachine%20gun.
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