"gunfire" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡʌnfʌɪə/ [UK] Audio: En-au-gunfire.ogg [Australia] Forms: gunfires [plural]
Etymology: From gun + fire. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gun|fire}} gun + fire Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} gunfire (usually uncountable, plural gunfires)
  1. Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (shots from guns): հրաձգություն (hrajgutʻyun) (Armenian), стральба (stralʹba) [feminine] (Belarusian), страляніна (straljanina) [feminine] (Belarusian), агонь (ahónʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), geværild [common-gender] (Danish), tulitus (Finnish), tuli (Finnish), ammuskelu (Finnish), fusillade [feminine] (French), Beschuss [masculine] (German), Feuer [neuter] (German), lámhach gunnaí [masculine] (Irish), sparo [masculine] (Italian), schioppo [masculine] (Italian), fucilata [feminine] (Italian), schioppettata [feminine] (Italian), 銃火 (jūka) (alt: じゅうか) (Japanese), geværild [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), geværeld [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ogień [masculine] (Polish), стрельба (strelʹba) [feminine] (Russian), огонь (ogonʹ) [masculine] (Russian), gevärseld [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gunfire-en-noun-YztTGndf Disambiguation of 'shots from guns': 76 7 10 7
  2. (chiefly military) The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Military Translations (use of gunpowder-type weapons): tulitus (Finnish), tuli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-gunfire-en-noun-Ha1ev-50 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'use of gunpowder-type weapons': 3 72 8 17
  3. (military) The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Military Translations (time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun): laukaus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-gunfire-en-noun-Zf3s2hG- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 30 40 25 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun': 3 5 84 8
  4. (army slang) Tea, a cup of tea, especially one served early in the morning before first parade. Tags: slang, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-gunfire-en-noun-U6tERXKC Topics: army, government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gunnery, gunpowder, gunshot, gunshy, gun-shy

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      "word": "sparo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "shots from guns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "schioppo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "shots from guns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fucilata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "shots from guns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "schioppettata"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅうか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūka",
      "sense": "shots from guns",
      "word": "銃火"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "shots from guns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geværild"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "shots from guns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geværeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "shots from guns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ogień"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "strelʹba",
      "sense": "shots from guns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стрельба"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogonʹ",
      "sense": "shots from guns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "огонь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "shots from guns",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gevärseld"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "use of gunpowder-type weapons",
      "word": "tulitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "use of gunpowder-type weapons",
      "word": "tuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun",
      "word": "laukaus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gunfire"
}

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