noun
Meaning 1
Any of various species of bats of the genus Pipistrellus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pipistrelle
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/pɪpɪˈstɹɛl/
noun
Meaning 2
small European brown bat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pipistrel, Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vespertilian bat, vespertilionid
History
Etymology
From French pipistrelle, from Italian pipistrello (“bat”), variant of vipistrello, from Latin vespertilio.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кафяв прилеп (kafjav prilep) — bat of the genus Pipistrellus
- Catalan: pipistrel·la — bat of the genus Pipistrellus
- Dutch: dwergvleermuis — bat of the genus Pipistrellus
- Finnish: piippa — bat of the genus Pipistrellus
- French: pipistrelle — bat of the genus Pipistrellus
- German: Zwergfledermaus — bat of the genus Pipistrellus
- Hungarian: törpedenevér — bat of the genus Pipistrellus
- Italian: pipistrello nano — bat of the genus Pipistrellus
- Polish: karlik — bat of the genus Pipistrellus
- Russian: нетопы́рь (netopýrʹ) — bat of the genus Pipistrellus