pistole
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French pistole, of uncertain origin. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.
Alternatively, perhaps from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɪstəʊl/, /pɪˈstəʊl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɪstoʊl/, /pɪˈstoʊl/
Noun
editpistole (plural pistoles)
- (historical) A Spanish gold double-escudo coin of the mid-sixteenth century, or any of various gold coins derived from or based on this. [from 16th c.]
- 1793, Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin[1], §21:
- Ralph and I were inseparable Companions. We took Lodgings together in Little Britain at 3/6 per Week, as much as we could then afford. He found some Relations, but they were poor & unable to assist him. He now let me know his Intentions of remaining in London, and that he never meant to return to Philadelphia. He had brought no Money with him, the whole he could muster having been expended in paying his Passage. I had 15 Pistoles: So he borrowed occasionally of me, to subsist while he was looking out for Business. [...]
- (by extension) A disc-shaped piece of chocolate, the size of a coin, designed for melting when cooking.
- 2008, Flo Braker, “Say It with Cookies”, in Baking for All Occasions: A Treasury of Recipes for Everyday Celebrations, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, Chocolate Chip Cookie Logs, page 275:
- They were exceptional semi-sweet chocolate chips, with a flat shape that I’ve recreated here with chocolate pistoles, flat wafers or disks each about ⅞ inch in diameter. The pistoles disperse randomly through the dough, so that slicing the logs into cookies creates an attractive mosaic, with little spokes of chocolate scattered here and there.
- 2008, Warren Brown, “Pound Cakes”, in CakeLove: How to Bake Cakes from Scratch, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, →ISBN, Chocolate-Apricot Pound Cake:
- The chocolate that I prefer for most recipes for this book is bittersweet chocolate pistoles. I like their flavor, size, and convenience.
- 2017, R. Andrew Chlebana, The Advanced Art of Baking & Pastry, Wiley, →ISBN, page 430:
- Chocolate pistoles from the manufacturer work best, as they arrive tempered and are uniform in size.
Usage notes
editA pistole of chocolate is larger than a callet, but the two terms are often used interchangeably.
Anagrams
editCzech
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Pistole, from French pistole, probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Doublet of píšťala.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpistole f
Declension
editFurther reading
editFrench
editEtymology
edit1544. Uncertain. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle, flute”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīšk-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpistole f (plural pistoles)
- handgun, pistol [1544]
- (historical) pistole (coin) [1619]
Further reading
edit- “pistole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpistole f
Anagrams
editMiddle French
editEtymology
editFirst attested 1544,[1] of uncertain origin. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.
Noun
editpistole f (plural pistoles)
- pistol (small gun)
References
edit- ^ Etymology and history of “pistole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (pistole)
Portuguese
editVerb
editpistole
- inflection of pistolar:
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