AK-47
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English
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Etymology
[edit ]Borrowed from Russian АК-47 (AK-47), shortened from автома́т Кала́шникова 1947 (avtomát Kalášnikova 1947) (Kalashnikov's automatic rifle), from the name of the designer Mikhail Kalashnikov.
Pronunciation
[edit ]- (Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key): /ˌeɪ.keɪ.fɔː.tiˈsɛv.ən/
Noun
[edit ]- The Soviet-built 1947 Kalashnikov assault rifle or any similar rifle built to this design.
- 1997, Quentin Tarantino, Jackie Brown, spoken by Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson):
- Here we go. AK-47. The very best there is. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherfucker in the room, accept no substitutes.
- 2007 August 9, "M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US", in Reuters [1] :
- Iraqi security forces will start replacing their AK-47 rifles this year with the M-16s and M-4s used by U.S. troops, which will help track the weapons and cut down on theft, a senior U.S. military official said. [...] The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said.
- A large South African sandwich; a kind of gatsby.
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[edit ]Kalashnikov assault rifle
- Arabic: إيه كيه-47 m
- Azerbaijani: AK-47 , kalaşnikov
- French: AK-47 (fr) m
- Georgian: კალაშნიკოვი (ḳalašniḳovi)
- Japanese: エーケー47 (ē-kē-47)
- Macedonian: АК-47 m (AK-47), автома́т Кала́шникова m (avtomát Kalášnikova)
- Persian: اک ۴۷ (ak 47)
- Portuguese: AK-47 (pt) f
- Romanian: AK-47 m, kalașnikov m
- Russian: АК-47 m (AK-47), автома́т Кала́шникова m (avtomát Kalášnikova)
- Swedish: AK-47 c, kalasjnikov (sv) c
- Turkish: AK-47 , keleş (tr) , kalaşnikov
Portuguese
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[edit ]AK-47 f (plural AK-47 or AKs-47 or AK-47s )
- AK-47 (the Soviet-built 1947 Kalashnikov assault rifle)
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