Beretta
See also: beretta
English
Noun
Beretta (plural Berettas)
- (firearms) A firearm (especially a handgun) made by the Beretta company.
- The officer fired his Beretta at the protesters.
- 1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 221:
- The gun turned out to be an empty, dirty Beretta nine millimeter.
Italian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈret.ta/
- Rhymes: -etta
- Hyphenation: Be‧rét‧ta
Proper noun
Beretta m or f by sense
- a surname