different between carbine vs carabine

English

Etymology

Ca. 1600, from French carabine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??bi?n/, /?k??ba?n/

Noun

carbine (plural carbines)

1. A rifle with a short barrel.
   • Inside the wall they found "a small cannon aimed at the entrance of the gate, and all along the street soldiers were stationed and a few on horseback were riding up and down. One of these had his carbine strapped on his back, and swung under his arm was a three-foot beheading sword wrapped in red cloth. That section had been terrorized by robbers, and they were prepared."

Related terms

• Jungle Carbine

Translations

Anagrams

• brace in

English

Etymology

From French carabine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæ??b?n/

Verb

carabine (third-person singular simple present carabines, present participle carabining, simple past and past participle carabined)

1. (transitive, nautical or rock climbing) To attach via carabiner.

Noun

carabine (plural carabines)

1. (military) A carbine.

Anagrams

• Cabirean

French

Etymology

1611, alternative spelling charabine late 16th century, from carabin.The meaning "mistress of one of the carabins" is recorded in the dictionary of Guérin (1892).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.?a.bin/

Noun

carabine f (plural carabines)

1. rifle
2. mistress of a cavalry soldier.

Descendants

• German: Karabiner

Further reading

• “carabine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bancaire

Italian

Noun

carabine f

1. plural of carabina

Anagrams

• baciarne
• bancarie