pistolet
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
French. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).
NounEdit
pistolet (plural pistolets)
- A small pistol.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pistolet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pis‧to‧let
NounEdit
pistolet m (plural pistolets, diminutive pistoletje n)
- (Belgium) a type of small round bread bun
- (Netherlands) a bread bun shaped like a short baguette
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From pistole + -et. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pistolet m (plural pistolets)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “pistolet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pistolet m inan
DeclensionEdit
declension of pistolet
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pistolet | pistolety |
| genitive | pistoletu | pistoletów |
| dative | pistoletowi | pistoletom |
| accusative | pistolet | pistolety |
| instrumental | pistoletem | pistoletami |
| locative | pistolecie | pistoletach |
| vocative | pistolecie | pistolety |