Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
La canna del fucile
English translation:
Gun barrel
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Jan 17, 2011 14:39
13 yrs ago
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Italian term
Italy
I translate as I breathe
Native in: English (Variants: British, Irish, UK, US) 
, Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, French to Italian, and 3 more.
La canna del fucile
Italian to English
Other
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
shooting
I feel like an idiot, but I can't for the life of me remember the word for the long part of a rifle or carbine or shotgun. And I need to know now and I don't have my dictionaries with me.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | Gun barrel |
Mozilla
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| 4 +1 | rifle barrel |
Oliver Lawrence
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Proposed translations
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Gun barrel
Visto su Dizionario Garzanti 2006 alla voce fucile: "canna del fucile" GUN BARREL
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James (Jim) Davis
58 mins
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Gian
: gun vuol dire tante cose, fra cui "fucile"
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Comment: "thanks to both, of course they are right. As I said, I feel like an idiot."
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2 mins
Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Works in field
Italy
Texts with zest by a Chartered Linguist
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: Italian to English, English
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100
rifle barrel
hth
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Peer comment(s):
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Michele Armellini
: Se in senso specifico, meglio "rifle"="fucile". Se "canna di fucile" in senso lato, allora meglio "gun".
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Discussion
2. fucile ad anima liscia: shotgun barrel
3. pistola/rivoltella: gun barrel