rifle
English
/ˈɹaɪfəl/
noun
Definitions
- (weaponry) A shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy.
- (military) A rifleman.
- (weaponry) An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
- A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
Etymology
Derived from Old French rifler (scrape off, plunder, scratch, scrape) derived from Old Dutch *riffilōn derived from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (tear, scratch).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*rīfaną
Gloss
tear, scratch
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泪, 涙
Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bird English
- riflebird English
- rifledom English
- riflelike English
- rifleman English
- rifler English
- riflery English
- riflescope English
- riflewoman English
- scope English
- woman English
- rifler French
- rifle Spanish, Castilian
- riflero Spanish, Castilian
- *(e)reip- Proto-Indo-European
- *rey- Proto-Indo-European
- rifle Portuguese
- *rīfaną Proto-Germanic
- ライフル Japanese
- ライフル射撃競技 Japanese
- riven Middle English
- raidhfil Irish
- rífa Old Norse
- rifler Old French
- rifle Catalan, Valencian
- rifa Icelandic
- rífa Icelandic
- राइफ़ल Hindi
- ไรเฟิล Thai
- ríva Faroese
- raifyl Manx
- riple Tagalog
- ရိုင်ဖယ် Burmese
- *rīfilōn gmw-pro
- *riffilōn Old Dutch
- *rifillon, *riffilōn Old Dutch
- 來復槍 Chinese
- 來福槍 Chinese
- riva Old Swedish
- riva, rīva Old Swedish
- 라이플 Korean
- *rīfilōn, *rīffilōn Frankish