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Etymology

Calque of German Category:English terms calqued from German#ASSAULTRIFLE Category:English terms derived from German#ASSAULTRIFLE Sturmgewehr (literally “storm rifle”). The Maschinenpistole 44 was called the Sturmgewehr by Adolf Hitler, whence it was renamed to represent the separate class of firearm it represented.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈsɒlt ˈɹaɪfəl/, /əˈsɔːlt ˈɹaɪfəl/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ASSAULTRIFLE
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈsɔlt ˈɹaɪfəl/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ASSAULTRIFLE
(cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /əˈsɑlt ˈɹaɪfəl/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ASSAULTRIFLE
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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Audio (US, General American): (file)
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Noun

assault rifle (plural assault rifles)Category:English lemmas#ASSAULTRIFLE Category:English nouns#ASSAULTRIFLE Category:English countable nouns#ASSAULTRIFLE Category:English multiword terms#ASSAULTRIFLE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#ASSAULTRIFLE Category:Pages with entries#ASSAULT%20RIFLE Category:Pages with 1 entry#ASSAULT%20RIFLE

A military select-fire rifle or carbine that fires an intermediate-power cartridge, from a detachable magazine.
- 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth, page 23:
  A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.
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(colloquial Category:English colloquialisms#ASSAULTRIFLE) Any firearm meeting the definition of an assault weapon, and in the form of a rifle.

Usage notes

Especially in the US, some or all types of semi automatic rifles (assault weapons) are sometimes referred to as assault rifles.

Translations

a rifle

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Arabic: بُنْدُقِيَّة هُجُومِيَّة f (bunduqiyya hujūmiyya)Category:Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ASSAULT%20RIFLE Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Hijazi Arabic: رَشَّاش m (raššāš)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Armenian: գրոհային հրացան (hy) (grohayin hracʻan)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Azerbaijani: avtomat (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Belarusian: аўтамат m (awtamat)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Bulgarian: автома́т (bg) m (avtomát)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 突擊步槍 / 突击步枪 (tūjī bùqiāng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ASSAULT%20RIFLE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ASSAULTRIFLE, 攻擊步槍 / 攻击步枪Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Czech: útočná puška fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Danish: stormgeværCategory:Terms with Danish translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Dutch: aanvalsgeweer (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Esperanto: sturmofusiloCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Faroese: álopsbyrsa fCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Finnish: rynnäkkökivääri (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
French: fusil d'assaut (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
German: Sturmgewehr (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Hebrew: רובה סער (he)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Hungarian: gépkarabély (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Icelandic: hríðskotariffill (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#ASSAULTRIFLE, árásarriffill (is) mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Indonesian: senapan serbuCategory:Terms with Indonesian translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Italian: fucile d'assalto mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Japanese: 突撃銃 (とつげきじゅう, totsugekijū)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ASSAULTRIFLE, アサルトライフル (ja) (asarutoraifuru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Korean: 돌격소총 (dolgyeoksochong)Category:Terms with Korean translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Lithuanian: automatas mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#ASSAULTRIFLE, šturmo šautuvaisCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Norwegian: automatgeværCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Polish: karabin automatyczny mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Portuguese: fuzil de assalto mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Russian: штурмова́я винто́вка (ru) f (šturmovája vintóvka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ASSAULTRIFLE, автома́т (ru) m (avtomát)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Slovak: automat mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Slovene: jurišna puška fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#ASSAULTRIFLE, avtomatska puška fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Spanish: fusil de asalto mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ASSAULTRIFLE, rifle de asalto mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ASSAULTRIFLE, fusa (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Swedish: automatkarbin (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ASSAULTRIFLE (Sweden), stormgevär (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ASSAULTRIFLE (Finland)
Turkish: piyade TüfeğiCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#ASSAULTRIFLE
Ukrainian: штурмова́ гвинті́вка f (šturmová hvyntívka)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ASSAULTRIFLE, автома́т (uk) m (avtomát)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ASSAULTRIFLE