"flamethrower" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfleɪmˌθɹəʊ.ə/ [UK], /ˈfleɪmˌθɹoʊ.ɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flamethrower.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-flamethrower.wav [US] Forms: flamethrowers [plural]
Etymology: From flame + thrower, calque of German Flammenwerfer. Etymology templates: {{af|en|flame|thrower}} flame + thrower, {{calque|en|de|Flammenwerfer|nocap=1}} calque of German Flammenwerfer Head templates: {{en-noun}} flamethrower (plural flamethrowers)
  1. A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool. Categories (topical): Fire Translations (device that projects a flame): قَاذِفَة لَهَب (qāḏifat lahab) [feminine] (Arabic), հրանետ (hranet) (Armenian), odsaçan (Azerbaijani), su-jaurtigailu (Basque), агнямёт (ahnjamjót) [masculine] (Belarusian), огнехвърга́чка (ognehvǎrgáčka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), llançaflames [masculine] (Catalan), 火焰噴射器 (Chinese Mandarin), 火焰喷射器 (huǒyàn pēnshèqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 噴火器 (Chinese Mandarin), 喷火器 (pēnhuǒqì) (Chinese Mandarin), zirlafiare [masculine] (Corsican), plamenomet [masculine] (Czech), flammekaster [common-gender] (Danish), vlammenwerper [masculine] (Dutch), flamĵetilo (Esperanto), leegiheitja (Estonian), liekinheitin (Finnish), lance-flamme [masculine] (French), lanzachamas [masculine] (Galician), ცეცხლსატყორცნები (cecxlsaṭq̇orcnebi) (Georgian), Flammenwerfer [masculine] (German), φλογοβόλο (flogovólo) [neuter] (Greek), לַהַבְיוֹר (lahavyór) [masculine] (Hebrew), lángszóró (Hungarian), eldvarpa [feminine] (Icelandic), pelontar api (Indonesian), lanceaflammas (Interlingua), teilgeoir lasrach (Irish), lanciafiamme [masculine] (Italian), 火炎放射器 (kaenhōshaki) (alt: かえんほうしゃき) (Japanese), отшашар (otşaşar) (Kazakh), 화염방사기 (hwayeombangsagi) (alt: 火焰放射器) (Korean), liesmu metējs (Latvian), liepsnosvaidis [masculine] (Lithuanian), wognjochytak [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), пламенофр́лач (plamenofŕlač) [masculine] (Macedonian), lanche-fliambes [masculine] (Norman), agiravêj (Northern Kurdish), flammekaster [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lançaflamas [masculine] (Occitan), lança-eslamas [masculine] (Occitan), lançahuec [masculine] (Occitan), شعلهافکن (šo'le-afkan) (Persian), miotacz ognia [masculine] (Polish), miotacz płomieni [masculine] (Polish), lança-chamas [masculine] (Portuguese), aruncător de flăcări [masculine] (Romanian), bittaflommas [masculine] (Romansch), огнемёт (ognemjót) [masculine] (Russian), пламенобацач [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), бацач пламена [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), plamenobacač [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bacač plamena [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), plameňomet [masculine] (Slovak), plamenomet [masculine] (Slovene), lanzallamas [masculine] (Spanish), eldkastare [common-gender] (Swedish), eldspruta [common-gender] (Swedish), оташандоз (otašandoz) (Tajik), தழல் வீசி (taḻal vīci) (Tamil), alev makinesi (Turkish), вогнеме́т (vohnemét) [masculine] (Ukrainian), wohnjomjet (Upper Sorbian), wohnjomjetak (Upper Sorbian), płomjenjomjetadło (Upper Sorbian), oʻtsochar (Uzbek), súng phun lửa (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-flamethrower-en-noun-fnuh2ZeC Disambiguation of Fire: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'device that projects a flame': 98 2
  2. (basketball, baseball, slang) Someone who is extremely good at throwing or shooting balls. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Baseball, Basketball, Weapons
    Sense id: en-flamethrower-en-noun-U4Zlnrn- Disambiguation of Weapons: 27 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 64 Topics: ball-games, baseball, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flame thrower, flame-thrower

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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "火炎放射器"
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          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
          "word": "отшашар"
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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "word": "пламенофр́лач"
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          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
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          "word": "lanche-fliambes"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
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          "word": "flammekaster"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
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          "lang": "Occitan",
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          "word": "lança-eslamas"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lançahuec"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "šo'le-afkan",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
          "word": "شعلهافکن"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "miotacz ognia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "miotacz płomieni"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lança-chamas"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aruncător de flăcări"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
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          "word": "bittaflommas"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ognemjót",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
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          "word": "огнемёт"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
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          "word": "пламенобацач"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
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          "word": "бацач пламена"
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          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
          "word": "alev makinesi"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vohnemét",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "вогнеме́т"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
          "word": "oʻtsochar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "device that projects a flame",
          "word": "súng phun lửa"
        }
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          "name": "Baseball",
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      "sense": "device that projects a flame",
      "word": "оташандоз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "taḻal vīci",
      "sense": "device that projects a flame",
      "word": "தழல் வீசி"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device that projects a flame",
      "word": "alev makinesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vohnemét",
      "sense": "device that projects a flame",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вогнеме́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "device that projects a flame",
      "word": "oʻtsochar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "device that projects a flame",
      "word": "súng phun lửa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flamethrower"
}

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