revolver

From revolve +‎ -er, coined by American inventor Samuel Colt in 1835.^[1]

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlvə(ɹ)

revolver (plural revolvers)

1. (firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.

   Synonyms: wheelgun, Colt

   Hyponyms: six-gun, six-shooter

2. (by extension) Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.
3. (finance) Synonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.
   • 2023 December 16, “Musk told lenders they would not lose money on Twitter deal”, in FT Weekend, Companies & Markets, page 10:

     The debt is split between $6.5bn of term loans, as well as $6bn of senior and junior bonds and a $500mn revolver.

4. agent noun of revolve; something that revolves.

• service revolver
• snubnosed revolver

• revolver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from English revolver.

revolver

1. revolver pistol

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛvolvɛr]

revolver m inan

1. revolver (handgun)

• See voluta

• “revolver”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “revolver”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from English revolver.

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revolver m (plural revolvers, diminutive revolvertje n)

1. revolver

• vuistvuurwapen

Borrowed from English revolver.

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.vɔl.vɛʁ/

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revolver m (plural revolvers)

1. revolver (gun)

• poche-revolver

• “revolver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “revolver” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

Borrowed from English revolver.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛvolvɛr]
• Hyphenation: re‧vol‧ver
• Rhymes: -ɛr

revolver (plural revolverek)

1. revolver

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	revolver	revolverek
accusative	revolvert	revolvereket
dative	revolvernek	revolvereknek
instrumental	revolverrel	revolverekkel
causal-final	revolverért	revolverekért
translative	revolverré	revolverekké
terminative	revolverig	revolverekig
essive-formal	revolverként	revolverekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	revolverben	revolverekben
superessive	revolveren	revolvereken
adessive	revolvernél	revolvereknél
illative	revolverbe	revolverekbe
sublative	revolverre	revolverekre
allative	revolverhez	revolverekhez
elative	revolverből	revolverekből
delative	revolverről	revolverekről
ablative	revolvertől	revolverektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	revolveré	revolvereké
non-attributive possessive - plural	revolveréi	revolverekéi

Possessive forms of revolver
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	revolverem	revolvereim
2nd person sing.	revolvered	revolvereid
3rd person sing.	revolvere	revolverei
1st person plural	revolverünk	revolvereink
2nd person plural	revolveretek	revolvereitek
3rd person plural	revolverük	revolvereik

• revolveres

• revolver in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Borrowed from English revolver.

• IPA^(key): /reˈvɔl.ver/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔlver
• Hyphenation: re‧vòl‧ver

revolver m (invariable)

1. revolver (handgun)

   Synonyms: pistola a tamburo, pistola a rotazione, rivoltella

2. rotating attachment, on a camera, having multiple lenses

Borrowed from English revolver.

revolver m (definite singular revolveren, indefinite plural revolvere, definite plural revolverne)

1. a revolver

   Han fikk tak i en revolver.

   He got hold of a revolver.

• “revolver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from English revolver.

revolver m (definite singular revolveren, indefinite plural revolverar, definite plural revolverane)

1. a revolver

   Han fekk tak i ein revolver.

   He got hold of a revolver.

• “revolver” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin revolvere (“to turn over, to roll back, to reflect upon”), from re- (“back, again”) + volvō (“roll”).

• Hyphenation: re‧vol‧ver

revolver (first-person singular present revolvo, first-person singular preterite revolvi, past participle revolvido, short past participle revolto)

1. to turn over (e.g., earth)
2. to roll (the eyes)
3. to go through (e.g., archives)

• revolto
• volver
• revólver

Borrowed from French revolver.

revolver n (plural revolvere)

1. revolver, pistol

Borrowed from English revolver.

• IPA^(key): /reʋǒlʋer/
• Hyphenation: re‧vol‧ver

revòlver m (Cyrillic spelling рево̀лвер)

1. revolver

Inherited from Latin revolvere (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back, again”) + volvō (“roll”). Cognate with English revolve although a false friend.

• IPA^(key): /rebolˈbeɾ/ [re.β̞olˈβ̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: re‧vol‧ver

revolver (first-person singular present revuelvo, first-person singular preterite revolví, past participle revuelto)

1. to stir, to mix
2. to jumble up, to disarrange
3. to turn over, to poke about, to rummage around in
4. to consider, to turn over, to ponder
5. to disturb, to stir up, to upset
6. to swing around
7. to wrap, to wrap up
8. to turn 360 degrees, to revolve

• Revolver is a false friend, and does not mean a type of gun in Spanish. The Spanish word for that English meaning of revolver is revólver.

• “revolver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from English revolver.

revolver c

1. a revolver (firearm)

• revolverman (“gunslinger”)

• revolver in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• revolver in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• revolver in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)