semi-automatic

See also: semiautomatic

English

Alternative forms

semiautomatic, semi-auto

Etymology

From semi- +‎ automatic.

Adjective

semi-automatic (not comparable)

Partially automatic.
Of a firearm that automatically ejects a shell and loads the next one, but requires the trigger to be squeezed for each shot; autoloading.
Coordinate term: fully-automatic
- 2008 September 17, “Bill in House forces capital to relax gun restrictions”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:
  The pro-gun majority in the House of Representatives moved Wednesday to compel the nation's capital to broaden the rights of its residents to buy and own firearms, including semi-automatic weapons.

Translations

partially automatic

Catalan: semiautomàtic
Chinese:
Mandarin: 半自動／半自动 (zh) (bànzìdòng)
Danish: halvautomatisk
Finnish: puoliautomaattinen (fi)
Galician: semiautomático m
German: halb automatisch, halbautomatisch (de)
Greek: ημιαυτόματος (el) m (imiaftómatos)
Hungarian: félautomata (hu)
Italian: semiautomatico (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: halvautomatisk

Nynorsk: halvautomatisk
Polish: półautomatyczny (pl)
Portuguese: semiautomático
Romanian: semiautomat (ro)
Russian: полуавтомати́ческий (ru) (poluavtomatíčeskij)
Spanish: semiautomático (es)
Welsh: lled-awtomatig

of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot

Catalan: semiautomàtic
Chinese:
Mandarin: 半自動／半自动 (zh) (bànzìdòng)
Finnish: puoliautomaattinen (fi), itselataava (fi)
German: halb automatisch, halbautomatisch (de)
Greek: ημιαυτόματος (el) m (imiaftómatos)
Italian: semiautomatico (it)
Polish: półautomatyczny (pl)
Portuguese: semiautomático
Russian: самозарядный (ru) (samozarjadnyj)
Ukrainian: самозаря́дний (samozarjádnyj)

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French: ^{(please verify)} semiautomatique (fr) m or f
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} полуавтома́тски m (poluavtomátski)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} semiautomat (ro)
Russian: полуавтомати́ческий (ru) (poluavtomatíčeskij)

Noun

semi-automatic (plural semi-automatics)

(weaponry) A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol.
- 1989 February 8, Robert Reinhold, “LOS ANGELES BANS RAPID-FIRING GUNS”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:
  The Los Angeles ordinance covers semi-automatics with a detachable magazine of 20 rounds or more. As examples, it cited such weapons as the AR 15 assault rifles, Uzi assault rifles and carbines, Ingram Mac-10 and Mac-11 assault carbines, AK-47 assault rifles, Thompson carbines and all Avtomat Kalashnikov weapons.
(automotive) A semi-automatic transmission.

Translations

semi-automatic firearm

German: halb automatische Schusswaffe f, halbautomatische Schusswaffe f
Greek: ημιαυτόματο n (imiaftómato)
Portuguese: semiautomática f

semi-automatic transmission

German: Halbautomatik f

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French: ^{(please verify)} semiautomatique (fr) m
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} полуавтома́т m (poluavtomát)
Russian: ^{(please verify)} полуавтома́т (ru) m (poluavtomát)