pistolet

From French pistolet. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪstəlɪt/, /pɪstəˈlɛt/

pistolet (plural pistolets)

1. 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

“pistolet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Polettis, Polittes, politest

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• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /pistoˈlɛt/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /pistoˈle/ (With this pronunciation, the diminutive would be 'pistoleetje'.)
• Hyphenation: pis‧to‧let

pistolet m (plural pistolets, diminutive pistoletje n)

1. (Belgium) a type of small round bread bun
2. (Belgium) a Kaiser roll
3. (Netherlands) a bread bun shaped like a short baguette

From pistole +‎ -et. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).

• IPA^(key): /pis.tɔ.lɛ/

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pistolet m (plural pistolets)

1. gun, pistol

   Synonyms: canon, fusil, flingue, mitra, arme à feu, revolver

2. spray gun
3. weird person

• pistolet à air
• pistolet à air comprimé
• pistolet à impulsion électrique
• pistolet mitrailleur

• “pistolet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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.

• IPA^(key): /pisˈtɔ.lɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɛt
• Syllabification: pis‧to‧let

pistolet m inan

1. gun, pistol
2. spray gun

• pistolet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pistolet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French pistolet.

pistolet n (plural pistolete)

1. pistolet

Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).

• IPA^(key): /pis.tɔ.lɛ/

pistolet m

1. pistol