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rifle

/ˈraɪfəl/

riflenoun

rifles

/ˈraɪfəl/

Translations

fusilArme à feu longue, notamment militaire.

The soldier carefully aimed his rifle at the target.

Le soldat a soigneusement visé la cible avec son fusil.

Additional translations

carabineSe dit dans certains contextes pour une arme d’épaule à canon rayé, selon le type d’arme.

Definitions

A long-barreled firearm designed for precision shooting, typically used by infantry soldiers.

The soldier carefully aimed his rifle at the target.

Synonyms

long gun

rifleverb

rifled

Past Simple

rifled

Past Participle

rifling

Gerund

/ˈraɪ.fl̩/

/ˈraɪ.fəl/

Translations

fouillerEmployer pour l’action de chercher rapidement et sans ordre.

She rifled through her bag to find her keys.

Elle a fouillé dans son sac pour trouver ses clés.

Additional translations

riflerTerme technique en armurerie.

déroberS’emploie quand l’idée est de voler en fouillant.

Definitions

To search through something quickly and carelessly, often in a way that causes disorder.

She rifled through her bag to find her keys.

To steal or take something from a place or person, often by searching through their belongings.

The thief rifled the drawers for valuables.

To cut spiral grooves inside (a gun barrel) in order to make a firearm more accurate.

The gunsmith rifled the barrel to improve its accuracy.

Synonyms

rifleadjective

/ˈraɪ.fl̩/

/ˈraɪ.fəl/

Used attributively before nouns to denote relation to rifles.

Translations

de fusilRelatif aux fusils ou à leur utilisation.

He trained at the local rifle range.

Il s’est entraîné au stand de tir de fusil local.

Definitions

Relating to, designed for, or using rifles.

He trained at the local rifle range.

Synonyms

riflepast participle

Definitions

Having spiral grooves cut inside the bore of a firearm; possessing such grooves.

The tank is equipped with a rifled gun rather than a smoothbore.