pistola

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /pis̺tola/ [pis̺.t̪o.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Hyphenation: pis‧to‧la

Noun

pistola inan

1. pistol, gun

Further reading

• “pistola”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “pistola”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pisˈtola/ [pisˈto.l̪a]
• Hyphenation: pis‧to‧la

Noun

pistóla (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ)

1. pistol

   Synonym: badil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pisˈtɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pisˈtɔ.la]

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Noun

pistola f (plural pistoles)

1. pistol; gun

Further reading

• “pistola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pistola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pistola” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pistola” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pis‧to‧la
• IPA^(key): /pisˈtola/ [pɪs̪ˈt̪o.l̪ɐ]

Noun

pistola

1. a pistol; a handgun

   Synonym: pusil

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pistole, from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”).

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• polista, postali, stipola

Alternative forms

• pistōlium

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French pistole or Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese pistola. The penultimate syllable is long because it carries stress.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pisˈtoː.la/, [pɪs̠ˈt̪oːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pisˈto.la/, [pisˈt̪ɔːlä]

Noun

pistōla f (genitive pistōlae); first declension

1. (New Latin) pistol

Etymology 1

Probably from French pistole, ultimately from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”), from pištěti (“to whistle”), of imitative origin.

Perhaps, however, from Italian pistolese (“from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany)”).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “pistola” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pistola”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

Noun

pistola

1. pistol

References

• Stewart, Cloyd, Stewart, Ruth D., colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎ (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 141

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pistole, from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pisˈtola/ [pisˈt̪o.la]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: pis‧to‧la

Noun

pistola f (plural pistolas)

1. pistol, handgun
2. gun (a device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm)

Further reading

• “pistola”, 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola, from German Pistole, from Czech píšťala.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pisˈtola/ [pɪsˈt̪oː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: pis‧to‧la

Noun

pistola (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ)

1. pistol

   Synonym: baril

Further reading

• “pistola”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “pistola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• ospital