English-French translations for submachine gun

• mitraillette
  Après quelques minutes, des soldats britanniques l’ont attaqué en pointant des mitraillettes vers lui et en menaçant de le tuer. Within minutes he was attacked by British soldiers pointing submachine guns at him and threatening to shoot him.
• pistolet mitrailleur
• pistolet-mitrailleur
• PM

Definition of submachine gun

• A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition

Examples

• Bare-chested children and their parents gathered in doorways, on roofs and in windows as he passed, watched warily by Brazilian troops carrying submachine guns. - New York Times, 09/03/2007 [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/world/americas/09cnd-prexy.html?ref=world]

Related words

• submarine
• submariner
• antisubmarine
• submarginal
• submanifold
• submandibular
• submarining
• submatrix
• submachinegun
• anti-submarine