Beretta

See also: beretta

English

Noun

Beretta (plural Berettas)

(firearms) A firearm (especially a handgun) made by the Beretta company.
- 1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 221:
  The gun turned out to be an empty, dirty Beretta nine millimeter.
The officer fired his Beretta at the protesters.

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /beˈret.ta/
Rhymes: -etta
Hyphenation: Be‧rét‧ta

Proper noun

Beretta m or f by sense

a surname

Derived terms

beretta

Anagrams

battere, brattee, erbetta

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