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Webster 1913 Edition
Pistole
Pis-tole′
,Noun.
[F., probably a name given in jest in France to a Spanish coin. Cf.
Pistol
.] The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pistole
PISTO'LE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Pistole
Pistole
See also: pistole
German
Noun
Pistole f (genitive Pistole, plural Pistolen)
Declension
Declension of Pistole
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Hypernyms
- Feuergewehr
- Schießeisen
- Schußwaffe, Schusswaffe
Derived terms
- Gaspistole
- Leuchtpistole
- Luftpistole
- Maschinenpistole
- Pistolenduell
- Pistolengriff
- Pistolenheld
- Pistolenheldin
- Pistolenkugel
- Pistolenlauf
- Pistolenmündung
- Pistolenschießen
- Pistolenschuss
- Pistolenschütze
- Pistolenschützin
- Pistolentasche
- Signalpistole
- Spielzeugpistole
- Spritzpistole
- Wasserpistole
Related terms
- Pistolero
Phrases
- jemandem die Pistole auf die Brust setzen
- wie aus der Pistole geschossen
See also
pistole
pistole
See also: Pistole
English
Noun
pistole (plural pistoles)
- (now 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.]
Czech
Etymology
Ultimately from píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.
Pronunciation
Noun
pistole f
Declension
Declension of pistole
French
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.stɔl/
Noun
pistole f (plural pistoles)
- (historical) pistole (coin)
Middle French
Etymology
First 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
pistole f (plural pistoles)
- pistol (small gun)
References
- ↑ “pistole” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (pistole)