pistolet
English edit
Etymology edit
From French pistolet. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pistolet (plural pistolets)
- A small pistol.
- a. 1631 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “Satire II”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC:
- Pistolets are the best artilleree
- 1623 (first performance), John Fletcher, William Rowley, “The Maid in the Mill”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- The Pistolet is his own
References edit
“pistolet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Netherlands)
Audio (file) - (Netherlands) IPA(key): /pistoˈlɛt/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /pistoˈle/ (With this pronunciation, the diminutive would be 'pistoleetje'.)
- Hyphenation: pis‧to‧let
Noun edit
pistolet m (plural pistolets, diminutive pistoletje n)
- (Belgium) a type of small round bread bun
- (Belgium) a Kaiser roll
- (Netherlands) a bread bun shaped like a short baguette
French edit
Etymology edit
From pistole + -et. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pistolet m (plural pistolets)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pistolet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French pistolet, from Czech píšťala, from Old Czech píščala, from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Doublet of piszczel.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pistolet m inan
Declension edit
Declension of pistolet
singular | plural | |
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nominative | pistolet | pistolety |
genitive | pistoletu | pistoletów |
dative | pistoletowi | pistoletom |
accusative | pistolet | pistolety |
instrumental | pistoletem | pistoletami |
locative | pistolecie | pistoletach |
vocative | pistolecie | pistolety |
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French pistolet.
Noun edit
pistolet n (plural pistolete)
Declension edit
Declension of pistolet
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pistolet | pistoletul | (niște) pistolete | pistoletele |
genitive/dative | (unui) pistolet | pistoletului | (unor) pistolete | pistoletelor |
vocative | pistoletule | pistoletelor |
Walloon edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pistolet m