different between revolves vs revolver

English

Noun

revolves

1. plural of revolve

Verb

revolves

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of revolve

Anagrams

• evolvers

Latin

Verb

revolv?s

1. second-person singular future active indicative of revolv?

Portuguese

Verb

revolves

1. Second-person singular (tu) present indicative of revolver

English

Etymology

revolve +? -er, coined by American inventor Samuel Colt in 1835.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???v?l.v?/

Noun

revolver (plural revolvers)

1. (firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.

   Synonyms: wheelgun, Colt

   Hyponyms: six-gun, six-shooter

2. (by extension) Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.
3. (finance) Synonym of revolving line of credit
4. Agent noun of revolve; something that revolves.

Derived terms

• service revolver

Descendants

Translations

Further reading

• revolver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver

1. revolver pistol

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?volv?r]

Noun

revolver m

1. revolver (handgun)

Related terms

• See voluta

Further reading

• revolver in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• revolver in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Pronunciation

Noun

revolver m (plural revolvers, diminutive revolvertje n)

1. revolver

Hypernyms

• vuistvuurwapen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e.v?l.v??/

Noun

revolver m (plural revolvers)

1. revolver (gun)

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?volv?r]
• Hyphenation: re?vol?ver
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

revolver (plural revolverek)

1. revolver

Declension

Derived terms

• revolveres

Further reading

• revolver in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver m (invariable)

1. revolver (handgun)

   Synonyms: pistola a tamburo, rivoltella

2. Rotating attachment, on a camera, having multiple lenses

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver m (definite singular revolveren, indefinite plural revolvere, definite plural revolverne)

1. a revolver

References

• “revolver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver m (definite singular revolveren, indefinite plural revolverar, definite plural revolverane)

1. a revolver

   Han fekk tak i ein revolver.

   He got hold of a revolver.

References

• “revolver” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin revolvere, present active infinitive of revolv? (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back, again”) + volv? (“roll”).

Verb

revolver (first-person singular present indicative revolvo, past participle revolvido)

1. to turn over (e.g., earth)
2. to roll (the eyes)
3. to go through (e.g., archives)

Conjugation

Related terms

• revolto
• volver

Romanian

Etymology

From French revolver.

Noun

revolver n (plural revolvere)

1. revolver, pistol

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re??l?er/
• Hyphenation: re?vol?ver

Noun

revòlver m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. revolver

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin revolvere, present active infinitive of revolv? (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back, again”) + volv? (“roll”). Cognate with English revolve although a false friend.

Verb

revolver (first-person singular present revuelvo, first-person singular preterite revolví, past participle revuelto)

1. to stir, to mix
2. to jumble up, to disarrange
3. to turn over, to poke about, to rummage around in
4. to consider, to turn over, to ponder
5. to disturb, to stir up, to upset
6. to swing around
7. to wrap, to wrap up
8. to turn 360 degrees, to revolve

Usage notes

• Revolver is a false friend, and does not mean a type of gun in Spanish. The Spanish word for that English meaning of revolver is revólver.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• revuelto
• revoltijo
• revolución
• revoltear
• revoltoso
• revoltura
• volver

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver c

1. a revolver (firearm)

Declension