"espingol" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /ɛ.spɪŋˈɡɔlː/, [ɛ.spɪŋˈɡɔlː] Forms: espingolen [definite, singular], espingoler [indefinite, plural], espingolene [definite, plural]
Rhymes: -ɔlː Etymology: Borrowed from French espingole (“short, heavy firearm”), an alteration, probably influenced by Old Occitan espingola, of Old and Middle French Old French espringale (“dance; war engine”). The latter is generally derived from Old French espringaller (“to dance”), probably from a Germanic frequentative verb related to Middle Dutch springen (“to jump, spring”). Ultimately from Frankish *springan (“to jump”), from Proto-West Germanic *springan (“to spring, jump”), from Proto-Germanic *springaną (“to jump; burst”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprenǵʰ- (“to move energetically, hurry, spring”). Parallel borrowings from French include Danish espingol, Swedish espignol and Romanian espingolă. More distantly related through Old French espringale are English springald, Italian spingarda and Portuguese espingarda. Etymology templates: {{root|nb|ine-pro|*(s)prengʰ-}}, {{bor+|nb|fr|espingole|t=short, heavy firearm}} Borrowed from French espingole (“short, heavy firearm”), {{der|nb|fro|espringale|t=dance; war engine}} Old French espringale (“dance; war engine”), {{cog|dum|springen|t=to jump, spring}} Middle Dutch springen (“to jump, spring”), {{der|nb|frk|*springan|t=to jump}} Frankish *springan (“to jump”), {{der|nb|gmw-pro|*springan|t=to spring, jump}} Proto-West Germanic *springan (“to spring, jump”), {{der|nb|gem-pro|*springaną|t=to jump; burst}} Proto-Germanic *springaną (“to jump; burst”), {{der|nb|ine-pro|*sprenǵʰ-|t=to move energetically, hurry, spring}} Proto-Indo-European *sprenǵʰ- (“to move energetically, hurry, spring”), {{cog|da|espingol}} Danish espingol, {{cog|sv|espignol}} Swedish espignol, {{cog|ro|espingolă}} Romanian espingolă, {{cog|en|springald}} English springald, {{cog|it|spingarda}} Italian spingarda, {{cog|pt|espingarda}} Portuguese espingarda Head templates: {{nb-noun-m1}} espingol m (definite singular espingolen, indefinite plural espingoler, definite plural espingolene)
  1. (military, historical) an early rapid-fire firearm with three to five barrels, each loaded with alternating charges of gunpowder and projectiles Tags: historical, masculine Hypernyms: skytevåpen (english: firearm)

Inflected forms

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        "es",
        "pin",
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  "lang_code": "nb",
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          "text": "En espingol kunne avfyre flere skudd i rask rekkefølge.",
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ɛ.spɪŋˈɡɔlː]"
    },
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        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Frankish",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old French",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)prengʰ-",
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        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples",
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