flashgun

English

Alternative forms

• flash gun

Etymology

From flash +‎ gun.

Noun

flashgun (plural flashguns)

1. (photography) An electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb.
2. (photography) Any similar unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography.

Synonyms

• flashlight

Translations

a unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閃光燈／闪光灯 (zh) (shǎnguāngdēng)

• Finnish: salaman laukaisin
• French: flash (fr) m (photographique)
• German: Blitzlicht (de) n
• Japanese: ストロボ (ja) (sutorobo), フラッシュ (ja) (furasshu)
• Russian: вспы́шка (ru) f (vspýška), фотовспы́шка (ru) f (fotovspýška)

Anagrams

• gunflash