# revolver
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒlvə(ɹ)

### Noun

revolver (plural revolvers)
* (firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
    Synonyms: Colt, (US, slang, archaic) smoke wagon, wheelgun
    Hyponyms: six-gun, six-shooter
* (by extension) Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.
* (finance) Synonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.
** 2023 December 16, “Musk told lenders they would not lose money on Twitter deal”, in FT Weekend, Companies & Markets, page 10:The debt is split between $6.5bn of term loans, as well as $6bn of senior and junior bonds and a $500mn revolver.
* agent noun of revolve; something that revolves.

#### Derived terms

* service revolver
* snubnosed revolver

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: revòlver
* → Chuvash: ляворвăр (ljavorvăr)
* → Crimean Tatar: revolver
* → Danish: revolver
* → Dutch: revolver
* → Esperanto: revolvero
* → Finnish: revolveri
* → French: revolver
* → Gagauz: livorver
* → Galician: revólver
* → German: Revolver
* → Hungarian: revolver
* → Italian: revolver
* → Japanese: リボルバー (riborubā)
* Norwegian:
** → Norwegian Bokmål: revolver
** → Norwegian Nynorsk: revolver
* → Polish: rewolwer
* → Portuguese: revólver
* → Russian: револьвер (revolʹver)
* Serbo-Croatian:
** → Cyrillic script: револвер
** → Latin script: revolver
* → Spanish: revólver
* → Swedish: revolver
* → Urum: levorver
* → Yiddish: רעוואָלווער (revolver)

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “revolver”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Further reading

* revolver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

### Noun

revolver
* revolver pistol

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɛvolvɛr]

### Noun

revolver m inan
* revolver (handgun)

#### Related terms

* See voluta

### Further reading

* “revolver”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “revolver”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

revolver m (plural revolvers, diminutive revolvertje n)
* revolver

#### Hypernyms

* vuistvuurwapen

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁe.vɔl.vɛʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

revolver m (plural revolvers)
* revolver (gun)

#### Derived terms

* poche-revolver

### Further reading

* “revolver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* “revolver” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɛvolvɛr]
* Hyphenation: re‧vol‧ver
* Rhymes: -ɛr

### Noun

revolver (plural revolverek)
* revolver

#### Derived terms

* revolveres

### Further reading

* revolver in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* revolve
* revolvere
* revolvero

### Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reˈvɔl.ver/
* Rhymes: -ɔlver
* Hyphenation: re‧vòl‧ver

### Noun

revolver m (invariable)
* revolver (handgun)
    Synonyms: pistola a tamburo, pistola a rotazione, rivoltella
* rotating attachment, on a camera, having multiple lenses

### References

* ↑ revolver in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

### Noun

revolver m (definite singular revolveren, indefinite plural revolvere, definite plural revolverne)
* a revolver
    Han fikk tak i en revolver.He got hold of 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)
* a revolver
    Han fekk tak i ein revolver.
       He got hold of a revolver.

### References

* “revolver” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Latin revolvere (“to turn over, to roll back, to reflect upon”), from re- (“back, again”) + volvō (“roll”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.vowˈve(ʁ)/ [he.voʊ̯ˈve(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.vowˈve(ʁ)/ [he.voʊ̯ˈve(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁe.vowˈve(ɾ)/ [he.voʊ̯ˈve(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁe.vowˈve(ʁ)/ [χe.voʊ̯ˈve(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.vowˈve(ɻ)/ [he.voʊ̯ˈve(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.volˈveɾ/ [ʁɨ.voɫˈveɾ], /ʁɨ.vɔlˈveɾ/ [ʁɨ.vɔɫˈveɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.volˈveɾ/ [ʁɨ.voɫˈveɾ], /ʁɨ.vɔlˈveɾ/ [ʁɨ.vɔɫˈveɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.bolˈbeɾ/ [ʁɨ.βoɫˈβeɾ], /ʁɨ.bɔlˈbeɾ/ [ʁɨ.βɔɫˈβeɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.volˈve.ɾi/ [ʁɨ.voɫˈve.ɾi], /ʁɨ.vɔlˈve.ɾi/ [ʁɨ.vɔɫˈve.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: re‧vol‧ver

#### Verb

revolver (first-person singular present revolvo, first-person singular preterite revolvi, past participle revolvido, short past participle revolto)
* to turn over (e.g., earth)
* to roll (the eyes)
* to go through (e.g., archives)

##### Conjugation

$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.

##### Related terms

* revolto
* revólver
* volver

#### Further reading

* “revolver”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “revolver”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “revolver”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “revolver”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

revolver m (plural revolveres)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of revólver.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French revolver.

### Noun

revolver n (plural revolvere)
* revolver, pistol

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reʋǒlʋer/
* Hyphenation: re‧vol‧ver

### Noun

revòlver m (Cyrillic spelling рево̀лвер)
* revolver

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin revolvere (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back, again”) + volvō (“roll”). Cognate with English revolve although a false friend.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rebolˈbeɾ/ [re.β̞olˈβ̞eɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: re‧vol‧ver

### Verb

revolver (first-person singular present revuelvo, first-person singular preterite revolví, past participle revuelto)
* to stir, to mix
* to jumble up, to disarrange
* to turn over, to poke about, to rummage around in
* to consider, to turn over, to ponder
* to disturb, to stir up, to upset
* to swing around
* to wrap, to wrap up
* 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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* huevos revueltos
* revolver el ajo
* revolver el avispero
* revolver el caldo
* revolver el hato
* revolver la feria

#### Related terms

* revoltear
* revoltijo
* revoltoso
* revoltura
* revolución
* revuelto
* volver

### Further reading

* “revolver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

### Noun

revolver c
* a revolver (firearm)

#### Derived terms

* revolverman (“gunslinger”)

### References

* revolver in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* revolver in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* revolver in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)