flamethrower

See also: flame thrower

English

Alternative forms

flame thrower
flame-thrower

Etymology

From flame +‎ thrower, calque of German Flammenwerfer.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfleɪmˌθɹəʊ.ə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈfleɪmˌθɹoʊ.ɚ/

Noun

flamethrower (plural flamethrowers)

A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.

Translations

device that projects a flame

Arabic: قَاذِفَة لَهَب‎ f (qāḏifat lahab)
Armenian: հրանետ (hy) (hranet)
Azerbaijani: odsaçan
Basque: su-jaurtigailu
Belarusian: агнямёт m (ahnjamjót)
Bulgarian: огнехвърга́чка f (ognehvǎrgáčka)
Catalan: llançaflames m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 火焰噴射器／火焰喷射器 (zh) (huǒyàn pēnshèqì), 噴火器／喷火器 (zh) (pēnhuǒqì)
Corsican: zirlafiare m
Czech: plamenomet (cs) m
Danish: flammekaster c
Dutch: vlammenwerper (nl) m
Esperanto: flamĵetilo
Estonian: leegiheitja
Finnish: liekinheitin (fi)
French: lance-flamme (fr) m
Galician: lanzachamas m
Georgian: ცეცხლსატყორცნები (cecxlsaṭq̇orcnebi)
German: Flammenwerfer (de) m
Greek: φλογοβόλο (el) n (flogovólo)
Hebrew: לַהַבְיוֹר‎ (he) m (lahavyór)
Hungarian: lángszóró (hu)
Icelandic: eldvarpa f
Indonesian: pelontar api
Interlingua: lanceaflammas
Irish: teilgeoir lasrach
Italian: lanciafiamme m
Japanese: 火炎放射器 (ja) (かえんほうしゃき, kaenhōshaki)
Kazakh: отшашар (otşaşar)
Korean: 화염방사기(火焰放射器) (hwayeombangsagi)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: agiravêj (ku)
Latvian: liesmu metējs
Lithuanian: liepsnosvaidis m
Macedonian: пламенофр́лач m (plamenofŕlač)
Norman: lanche-fliambes m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flammekaster m
Occitan: lançaflamas m, lança-eslamas m, lançahuec m
Persian: شعله‌افکن‎ (šo'le-afkan)
Polish: miotacz ognia m, miotacz płomieni m
Portuguese: lança-chamas m
Romanian: aruncător de flăcări (ro) m
Romansch: bittaflommas m
Russian: огнемёт (ru) m (ognemjót)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пламенобацач m, бацач пламена m

Roman: plamenobacač m, bacač plamena m
Slovak: plameňomet m
Slovene: plamenomet m
Sorbian:
Lower: wognjochytak m

Upper: wohnjomjet, wohnjomjetak, płomjenjomjetadło
Spanish: lanzallamas (es) m
Swedish: eldkastare (sv) c
Tajik: оташандоз (otašandoz)
Tamil: தழல் வீசி (taḻal vīci)
Turkish: alev makinesi (tr)
Ukrainian: вогнеме́т m (vohnemét)
Uzbek: oʻtsochar (uz)
Vietnamese: súng phun lửa

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