weapon
Significado
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- An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords; arm.
- An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
- (informal) A tool of any kind.
- (slang) An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.
- (slang) A very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe.
- (slang) The human genital organ.
Frecuencia
Guionizado como
weap‧on
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈwɛp.ən/
Etimoloxía
From Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpn, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną (“weapon”), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wēbnom. Cognate with Scots wapyn, wappen (“weapon”), West Frisian wapen (“weapon”), Dutch wapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Low German wapen (“weapon”), German Waffe (“weapon”) and Wappen (“coat of arms”), Danish våben (“weapon; coat of arms”) Swedish vapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Norwegian Bokmål våpen (“weapon”), Icelandic vopn (“weapon”).
Relacionado con frisón occidental
wapen
Relacionado con neerlandés
wapen
Relacionado con alemán
Waffe
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