different between successive vs mitrailleuse

English

Etymology

Latin succedere (“to succeed in”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?k?s?s?v/
• Rhymes: -?s?v
• Hyphenation: suc?ces?sive

Adjective

successive (not comparable)

1. Coming one after the other in a series.

   They had won the title for five successive years.
2. Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary.

   a successive title; a successive empire

Synonyms

• (in a series): consecutive

Derived terms

• successively
• nonsuccessive

Related terms

• succeed
• success

Translations

French

Adjective

successive

1. feminine singular of successif

Italian

Adjective

successive

1. feminine singular of successivo

Latin

Adjective

success?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of success?vus

References

• successive in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Swedish

Adjective

successive

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of successiv.

English

Etymology

French mitrailleuse, from mitrailler (“to fire grapeshot”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?mi?t???j?z/, /?mi?t???j?z/

Noun

mitrailleuse (plural mitrailleuses)

1. (historical, military) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly.

Related terms

• mitraille
• mitraillade
• mitrailleur

Translations

Further reading

• mitrailleuse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From mitrailler +? -euse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.t??.jøz/

Noun

mitrailleuse f (plural mitrailleuses)

1. machine gun

Derived terms

• mitraillette (“submachine gun”)

Descendants

• ? English: mitrailleuse
• ? Portuguese: metralhadora (calque)

Noun

mitrailleuse f (plural mitrailleuses)

1. female equivalent of mitrailleur (“machine-gunner”)

Further reading

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