r/canadaguns • u/Active-Classroom3474 • Aug 13 '26

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u/BigoteMexicano Aug 13 '26

So does French not have a specific word for shotgun or gauge? Long guns are all fusil (rifle) and gauge is just calibre?

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u/TescoValueSoup Aug 13 '26

Fusil doesn't mean rifle, it typically means a smoothbore firearm/gun.
Carabine means rifle.
They use calibre in place of gauge in French, calibre being a blanket term.

Its because of how french construct their words. Gun [of the type]

Shotgun: fusil de chasse (gun of hunting)
Pump shotgun: fusil de pompe. (gun of pump)
Assault rifle: fusil d'assaut (gun of assault)

all shortened to simply fusil, and you're expected to understand the context.

Fusil came from Italian fucile, meaning "flint"

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u/Rusty_Stahlhelm Mod's Alt. Account Aug 13 '26

This dude speaks calice de tabarnak here 👆🙏

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u/Dry-Leek-1719 Aug 14 '26

Ben oui Based comment here man