Parabellum - Wiktionary

Jump to content

Contents

move to sidebar hide

• Beginning
• 1 English Toggle English subsection
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Noun
    • 1.2.1 Translations
    • 1.2.2 See also
• 2 French Toggle French subsection
  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Pronunciation
  • 2.3 Noun
  • 2.4 Further reading

• Entry
• Discussion

English

• Read
• Edit
• View history

Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions

• Read
• Edit
• View history

General

• What links here
• Related changes
• Upload file
• Permanent link
• Page information
• Cite this page
• Get shortened URL
• Download QR code

Print/export

• Create a book
• Download as PDF
• Printable version

In other projects Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

 parabellum on Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

For Latin parā bellum (“furnish war”), from the Latin adage sī vīs pācem, parā bellum (“if you want peace, prepare for war”).

Noun

[edit]

parabellum (plural parabellums)

1. A type of cartridge used in some handguns.
2. A type of German semiautomatic pistol.

Translations

[edit] Translations

Finnish: parabellum (fi) French: parabellum (fr)

See also

[edit]

• casus belli
• bellicose
• antebellum
• interbellum
• postbellum

French

[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:parabellumWikipedia fr

Etymology

[edit]

For Latin parā bellum (“furnish war”), from the Latin adage sī vīs pācem, parā bellum (“if you want peace, prepare for war”).

Pronunciation

[edit]

• IPA(key): /pa.ʁa.bɛ.lɔm/ ~ /pa.ʁa.be.lɔm/

Noun

[edit]

parabellum m (plural parabellums)

1. parabellum (all senses)

Further reading

[edit]

• “parabellum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=parabellum&oldid=87898578" Categories:

• English terms derived from Latin
• English lemmas
• English nouns
• English countable nouns
• en:Firearms
• French terms derived from Latin
• French 4-syllable words
• French terms with IPA pronunciation
• French lemmas
• French nouns
• French countable nouns
• French masculine nouns
• fr:Firearms

Hidden categories:

• Pages with entries
• Pages with 2 entries
• Translation table header lacks gloss
• Entries with translation boxes
• Terms with Finnish translations
• Terms with French translations

Search Search Toggle the table of contents parabellum 8 languages Add topic