cane

it-noun

cane m (plural cani, feminine cagna, diminutive canìno m or canìna f or cagnétto m or cagnétta f or cagnettìno m or cagnettìna f, augmentative cagnóne, pejorative cagnàccio, endearing cagnolìno)

cani (plural)
cagna (feminine)
canìno (diminutive masculine)
canìna (diminutive feminine)
cagnétto (diminutive masculine)
cagnétta (diminutive feminine)
cagnettìno (diminutive masculine)
cagnettìna (diminutive feminine)
cagnóne (augmentative)
cagnàccio (pejorative)
cagnolìno (endearing)

From the Latin canis, canem (“dog”). Cognate with Sicilian cani.


anima

From Latin anima, from animus, from Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos, a nominal derivative of *h₂enh₁- (“breathe”). Doublet of alma.

(firearms) the inner cavity created by the chamber and the barrel


palla

From Medieval Latin balla, palla, bala, from Frankish *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“bubble”), from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”).
Alternatively, via Lombardic *palla, from Proto-Germanic *ballô, from the same ultimate origin. Compare Sicilian baḍḍa.


pistola

Borrowed from French pistole, from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”).


asta

(firearms) forearm (part of a firearm below and supporting the barrel)


ventidue

twenty-two (a .22 calibre pistol or rifle)


doppietta

double-barrelled shotgun
double-barrelled shotgun


rosata

(firearms) the spatial configuration of shot launched by firing a smooth-barreled hunting rifle


mitra

From Latin mitra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”).


fucilata

(firearms) gunshot, especially from a rifle


fucile

From Vulgar Latin *focīlis [petra], derived from Latin focus. Compare French fusil, Friulian fusîl, Piedmontese fusil.


antiaereo

it-adj

antiaereo (feminine antiaerea, masculine plural antiaerei, feminine plural antiaeree)

antiaerea (feminine)
antiaerei (masculine plural)
antiaeree (feminine plural)


mitragliatrice

it-noun

mitragliatrice f (plural mitragliatrici)


pallottola

pallottola vagante


bacchetta

→ Catalan: baqueta

→ French: baguette

→ Portuguese: baqueta, vaqueta

→ Spanish: baqueta

From Vulgar Latin *baclitta, a diminutive from Latin baculum.

(firearms) ramrod, gun-stick, rod for stuffing the muzzleloader with ammunition


raffica

Perhaps derived from Old High German raffōn (modern German raffen). Related to French rafale, Portuguese rafega, and Spanish ráfaga.


schioppo

schioppo m (plural schioppi, diminutive schioppétto or schioppettìno, derogatory (rare) schioppùccio)

schioppi (plural)
schioppétto (diminutive)
schioppettìno (diminutive)
schioppùccio (derogatory rare)

See scoppio (“explosion”), of onomatopoeic origin. Alternatively from Latin stloppus (“sound of a slap”).


bascula

(firearms) bascule (steel block on which the barrels are hinged) (in a hunting rifle)


cazza

cazza f (plural cazze, diminutive cazzuòla or cazzòla)

cazze (plural)
cazzuòla (diminutive)
cazzòla (diminutive)

From Late Latin cattia, perhaps from Ancient Greek κύαθος (kúathos, “ladle”).

(firearms) large trowel used for pulling gunpowder towards the bottom of cannons


smeriglio

(firearms) springald (fitted on galleys-long ship propelled primarily by oars)


lupara

From lupo (“wolf”), from its traditional use in wolf hunting.

the content of a particular type of shotgun cartridge, consisting of 8–9 mm steel balls

(by extension) the shotgun employing such cartridges, especially a sawn-off shotgun


moschetto

From moschetta (“small fly”), a diminutive of mosca (“fly”).


ballotta

desctree

→ French: ballotte
→ Spanish: balota
→ Hiligaynon: balota

From balla (“ball”) + -otta (diminutive suffix).


archibugio

Borrowed from Dutch haakbus, derived from haak (“hook”) + bus (“gun”).


coccia

(nautical) thimble (metal protection for ropes)


codolo

(firearms) tang (projecting part of a musket barrel)


colubrina

From Old Occitan colobrina, derived from Classical Latin coluber (“snake”).

qual sagra, qual falcon, qual colubrina
sento nomar, come al suo autor piú agrada;
che ’l ferro spezza, e i marmi apre e ruina,
e ovunque passa si fa dar la strada.

1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 11”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 25; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:

I hear one [cannon] being named sagro, one falconet, one culverin, as their creator sees fittest. It breaks iron, and cracks and destroys marble, and makes way wherever it passes.

Colubrina da lire. 20. di longhezza piedi. 10. uol di metallo lire. 4300. & per condurla buoui para

1554, Niccolò Tartaglia, “Libro primo - Quesito undecimo [First Book - Eleventh question]”, in Quesiti et inventioni diverse [Various questions and inventions]:

A 10-feet-long 20-pound culverin needs 4300 pounds of metal, and prepare oxen to move it.

I Nemici, conoſciuta impenetrabile la falange Criﬅiana, finſero di dar addietro ſu un Colle, ove ﬅavano in aguato alcune Colubrine, cuﬅodite da ſeicento Gianizzeri.

1742, “1 6 8 6.”, in Azioni egregie operate in guerra [Distinguished deeds done at war], page 208:

The foes, having learned that the Christian phalanx [was] impenetrable, feigned retreating upon a hill, where several culverins, guarded by six hundred janissaries, were waiting.

Un altro soldato giaceva dietro ad alcuni barili e ad un vecchio affusto di colubrina.

1901, Emilio Salgari, “La caccia all'Alambra [The hunt for the Alhambra]” (chapter 24), in La regina dei Caraibi [The Queen of the Caribbean], published 1966, page 208:

Another soldier was lying behind some barrels, and an old culverin stand.


colubrina

Learned borrowing from Late Latin colubrīna (“arum”), nominalized feminine form of Classical Latin colubrīnus (“serpent-like”), derived from coluber (“snake”).

der

Blitum bonus-henricus
Blitum bonus-henricus#Translingual

Good King Henry (the plant Blitum bonus-henricus)


spingarda

→ Portuguese: espingarda (“rifle”)

Semi-learned borrowing from Old French espringale, itself derived from Frankish *springan. Cognate with German springen (“to jump”).

slbor

[…] ma i beccaccini si vengono educando alla malizia, e in quel mezzo minuto che lo sparo s’incanta, mi scappano un mezzo miglio lontano. Verrà tempo che si dovrà correr lor dietro colla spingarda.

1867, Ippolito Nievo, chapter IV (chapter 4), in Le confessioni di un ottuagenario [Confessions of an octogenarian], Florence: Le Monnier, page 169:

[…] the snipes are growing wary of the trick, and, in that half-minute when the shot is stuck, they flee half a mile away. The time will come when you'll have to run after them with a punt gun.


copricanna

Verb-object compound, composed of copri (“to cover”) + canna (“gun barrel”).


sputafuoco

Verb-object compound, composed of sputa (“to spit”) + fuoco (“fire”).


ribadocchino

ribauldequin (large bow for casting javelins)


scarrellare

it-verb

scarrellàre (first-person singular present scarrèllo, first-person singular past historic scarrellài, past participle scarrellàto, auxiliary avére)

scarrellàre (canonical)
scarrèllo (first-person present singular)
scarrellài (first-person historic past singular)
scarrellàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
scarrellàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
scarrellàndo (gerund)
scarrellànte (participle present)
scarrellàto (participle past)
scarrèllo (first-person indicative present singular)
scarrèlli (indicative present second-person singular)
scarrèlla (indicative present singular third-person)
scarrelliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
scarrellàte (indicative plural present second-person)
scarrèllano (indicative plural present third-person)
scarrellàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
scarrellàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
scarrellàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
scarrellavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
scarrellavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
scarrellàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
scarrellài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
scarrellàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
scarrellò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
scarrellàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
scarrellàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
scarrellàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
scarrellerò (first-person future indicative singular)
scarrellerài (future indicative second-person singular)
scarrellerà (future indicative singular third-person)
scarrellerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
scarrelleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
scarrellerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
scarrellerèi (conditional first-person singular)
scarrellerésti (conditional second-person singular)
scarrellerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
scarrellerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
scarrellerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
scarrelleréste (conditional plural second-person)
scarrellerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
scarrellerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
scarrèlli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
scarrèlli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
scarrèlli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
scarrelliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
scarrelliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
scarrèllino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
scarrellàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
scarrellàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
scarrellàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
scarrellàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
scarrellàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
scarrellàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
scarrèlla (imperative second-person singular)
scarrèlli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scarrelliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
scarrellàte (imperative plural second-person)
scarrèllino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
scarrellàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
scarrèlli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scarrelliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
scarrellàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
scarrèllino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(firearms) to retract the slide of a firearm to allow the first cartridge to enter the chamber and to cock the firing pin


fucile di precisione

it-noun

fucile di precisione m (plural fucili di precisione)

Literally, “accuracy rifle”. Compare French fusil de précision, Portuguese fuzil de precisão.


fucile a canne mozze

fucile a canne mozze m (plural fucili a canne mozze)


fucile a pompa

fucile a pompa m (plural fucili a pompa)


fucile d'assalto

fucile d'assalto m (plural fucili d'assalto)


pistola lanciarazzi

pistola lanciarazzi f (plural pistole lanciarazzi)


pistola da segnalazione

pistola da segnalazione f (plural pistole da segnalazione)

pistola lanciarazzi
pistola lanciarazzi#Italian

Synonym of pistola lanciarazzi (“flare gun”)


mazzagatto

Verb-object compound, composed of mazza (“to kill (archaic or southern Italy)”) + gatto (“cat”).

it-verb-obj

mazzare<t:to kill (archaic or southern Italy)>


coprifiamma

Verb-object compound, composed of copri (“to cover”) + fiamma (“flame”).


sparare a zero

it-verb

sparàre a zero (first-person singular present spàro a zero, first-person singular past historic sparài a zero, past participle sparàto a zero, auxiliary avére)

sparàre a zero (canonical)
spàro a zero (first-person present singular)
sparài a zero (first-person historic past singular)
sparàto a zero (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)

(intransitive, firearms) to shoot point blank


spingitoio

(firearms) a cylinder-shaped device which moves cartridges into the chamber


percotitoio

(archaic, firearms) Synonym of percussore


cacciapalla

Verb-object compound, composed of caccia (“to extract”) + palla (“bullet”).

it-verb-obj

(historical, firearms) a tool used to get a projectile out of a muzzleloader's barrel


battipalle

Verb-object compound, composed of batti (“to beat, to strike”) + palle (“bullets”).

(firearms, historical) the end of a ramrod (used to push the projectile down in a muzzleloader)


mazzagatti

Verb-object compound, composed of mazza (“to kill (archaic or southern Italy)”) + gatti (“cats”).

(historical, firearms) a type of short-barreled pistol


mazzacani

Verb-object compound, composed of mazza (“to kill (archaic or southern Italy)”) + cani (“dogs”).

(regional, southern Italy) Synonym of piviere dorato


colubrinetta

colubrina (“culverin”) + -etta (diminutive suffix)

af

(historical) a smaller culverin (hand-held firearm)


colobrina

Colobrina da lire. 14. di longhezza piedi. 8. e meggio, vol di metallo lire. 2233. et per condurla buovi para.

1554, Niccolò Tartaglia, “Libro primo - Quesito undecimo [First Book - Eleventh question]”, in Quesiti et inventioni diverse:

An 8½-feet-long 14-pound culverin needs 2233 pounds of metal, and prepare oxen to move it.

ne furono fatti 110. pezzi d’artiglieria fra colobrine, cannoni, falconi, falconetti, petardi, ed altri strumenti

1784, Carlo Fea, Dissertazione sulle rovine di Roma, page 408, collected in Storia delle arti del disegno presso gli antichi - Tomo terzo:

110 pieces of artillery were made from that, including culverins, cannons, falcons, falconets, and other instruments

Alternative form of colubrina (“culverin”)