"FAL" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: FALs [plural]
Etymology: Initialism of Fusil Automatique Léger. Etymology templates: {{initialism|en|Fusil Automatique Léger}} Initialism of Fusil Automatique Léger Head templates: {{en-noun}} FAL (plural FALs)
  1. (US Army) FN-FAL (the NATO standard rifle) Wikipedia link: FAL Synonyms: FN-FAL, FN
    Sense id: en-FAL-en-noun-mdVnSdNR Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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