"flashgun" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: flashguns [plural]
Etymology: From flash + gun. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flash|gun}} flash + gun Head templates: {{en-noun}} flashgun (plural flashguns)
  1. (photography) An electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb. Categories (topical): Photography
    Sense id: en-flashgun-en-noun-q4f~2tXc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 73 27 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
  2. (photography) Any similar unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography. Categories (topical): Photography Translations (a unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography): 閃光燈 /闪光灯 (shǎnguāngdēng) (Chinese Mandarin), salaman laukaisin (Finnish), flash (photographique) [masculine] (French), Blitzlicht [neuter] (German), ストロボ (sutorobo) (Japanese), フラッシュ (furasshu) (Japanese), вспы́шка (vspýška) [feminine] (Russian), фотовспы́шка (fotovspýška) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-flashgun-en-noun-6~HRFYZK Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography Disambiguation of 'a unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography': 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flashlight, flash gun

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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