pistol

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• /ˈpɪstəl/
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• [ˈpɪstəl] ~ [ˈpɪstl̩]
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• rhymes with -ɪstəl
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• homophone: pistil (weak vowel merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: P IH1 S T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Probably from Middle French pistole, or via Middle English pistolet, from Middle French pistolet (“small firearm or small dagger”). The origin is unclear. If via German to Romance probably from Middle High German forms like pischulle from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Alternatively, if from Romance to German, from or related to Italian pistolese (“short dagger”), from Italian Pistoia (“a Tuscan town noted for its gunsmithing”).

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: pistoletë — handgun
• Amharic: ሽጉጥ (šəguṭ) — handgun
• Arabic: مُسَدَّس (musaddas) — handgun
• Arabic: فَرْد (fard) — handgun
• Arabic: طَبَنْجَة (ṭabanja) — handgun
• Arabic: غَدَّارَة (ḡaddāra) — handgun
• Arabic: فَرْد (fard) — handgun
• Armenian: ատրճանակ (atrčanak) — handgun
• Avar: таманча (tamanča) — handgun
• Azerbaijani: tapança — handgun
• Azerbaijani: pistolet — handgun
• Belarusian: пістале́т (pistaljét) — handgun
• Bengali: পিস্তল (pistol) — handgun
• Betawi: bècèng — handgun
• Bulgarian: пистоле́т (pistolét) — handgun
• Burmese: သေနတ် (senat) — handgun
• Catalan: pistola — handgun
• Chechen: тапча (tapča) — handgun
• Cherokee: ᎦᎶᏇ (galoque) — handgun
• Chinese Cantonese: 手槍 /手枪 (sau2 coeng1) — handgun
• Chinese Mandarin: 手槍 /手枪 (shǒuqiāng) — handgun
• Czech: pistole — handgun
• Danish: pistol — handgun
• Dutch: pistool — handgun
• Esperanto: pistolo — handgun
• Estonian: püstol — handgun
• Finnish: pistooli — handgun
• French: pistolet — handgun
• Georgian: პისტოლეტი (ṗisṭoleṭi) — handgun
• Georgian: დამბაჩა (dambača) — handgun
• German: Pistole — handgun
• German: Faustfeuerwaffe — handgun
• Greek: πιστόλι (pistóli) — handgun
• Gujarati: પિસ્તોલ (pistol) — handgun
• Gujarati: તમંચો (tamañco) — handgun
• Hebrew: אֶקְדָח (ekdákh) — handgun
• Hindi: बंदूक़ (bandūq) — handgun
• Hindi: बंदूक (bandūk) — handgun
• Hindi: तमंचा (tamañcā) — handgun
• Hindi: पिस्तौल (pistaul) — handgun
• Hungarian: pisztoly — handgun
• Icelandic: skammbyssa — handgun
• Ido: pistolo — handgun
• Indonesian: pistol — handgun
• Ingrian: pistoletti — handgun
• Irish: piostal — handgun
• Italian: pistola — handgun
• Japanese: 拳銃 (kenjū) — handgun
• Japanese: ピストル (pisutoru) — handgun
• Japanese: 手筒 (tezutsu) — handgun
• Japanese: 弾き (hajiki) — handgun
• Kazakh: тапанша (tapanşa) — handgun
• Kazakh: пистолет (pistolet) — handgun
• Khmer: កាំភ្លើងខ្លី (kamphləəng khləy) — handgun
• Khmer: កាំភ្លើងដៃ (kamphləəng day) — handgun
• Kikuyu: mũcinga — handgun
• Korean: 권총 (gwonchong) — handgun
• Korean: 피스톨 (piseutol) — handgun
• Kyrgyz: тапанча (tapanca) — handgun
• Kyrgyz: пистолет (pistolet) — handgun
• Lao: ປືນພົກ (pư̄n phok) — handgun
• Lao: ປືນສັ້ນ (pư̄n san) — handgun
• Latin: pistōla — handgun
• Latin: pistōlium — handgun
• Latin: pistōlettus (unadapted) — handgun
• Latin: sclopētus brevior — handgun
• Latvian: pistole — handgun
• Lezgi: тапанчи (tapanči) — handgun
• Lithuanian: pistoletas — handgun
• Luxembourgish: Pistoul — handgun
• Macedonian: пиштол (pištol) — handgun
• Malay: pistol — handgun
• Māori: pītara — handgun
• Māori: kope — handgun
• Mongolian: гар буу (gar buu) — handgun
• Norwegian Bokmål: pistol — handgun
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pistol — handgun
• Occitan: pistolet — handgun
• Odia: ପିସ୍ତଲ (pistala) — handgun
• Pannonian Rusyn: пиштоль (pištolʹ) — handgun
• Pashto: تفنګچه (tofangča) — handgun
• Pashto: تمانچه (tamānča) — handgun
• Pashto: تومانچه (tomānča) — handgun
• Pashto: توپنچه (topanča) — handgun
• Pashto: توپنګچه (topangča) — handgun
• Pashto: تپانچه (tapānča) — handgun
• Pashto: ټپوک (ṭapuk) — handgun
• Dari: تُفَنْگْچَه (tufangča) — handgun
• Iranian Persian: تَپانْچِه (tapânče) — handgun
• Iranian Persian: تَمَنْچِه (tamanče) — handgun
• Polish: pistolet — handgun
• Portuguese: pistola — handgun
• Quechua: maki illapa — handgun
• Romanian: pistol — handgun
• Russian: пистоле́т (pistolét) — handgun
• Russian: пу́шка (púška) — handgun
• Scottish Gaelic: daga — handgun
• Serbo-Croatian: пѝшто̄љ — handgun
• Serbo-Croatian: са̏мокре̄с — handgun
• Serbo-Croatian: пу̀ца̄љка — handgun
• Serbo-Croatian: pìštōlj — handgun
• Serbo-Croatian: sȁmokrēs — handgun
• Serbo-Croatian: pùcāljka — handgun
• Sinhalese: පිස්තෝලය (pistōlaya) — handgun
• Slovak: pištoľ — handgun
• Slovene: pištola — handgun
• Spanish: pistola — handgun
• Spanish: charpe — handgun
• Swahili: bastola — handgun
• Swedish: pistol — handgun
• Tajik: пистолет (pistolet) — handgun
• Tajik: таппонча (tapponča) — handgun
• Tajik: туфангча (tufangča) — handgun
• Tamil: பிஸ்டல் (pisṭal) — handgun
• Tamil: துப்பாக்கி (tuppākki) — handgun
• Tarifit: azidan — handgun
• Tatar: пистолет (pistolet) — handgun
• Telugu: పిస్టల్ (pisṭal) — handgun
• Thai: ปืนพก (bpʉʉn-pók) — handgun
• Thai: ปืนสั้น (bpʉʉn-sân) — handgun
• Tibetan: པི་སི་ཏོབ (pi si tob) — handgun
• Tigrinya: ሽጉጥ (šəguṭ) — handgun
• Turkish: tabanca — handgun
• Ottoman Turkish: طبانجه (tabanca) — handgun
• Turkmen: pistolet — handgun
• Turkmen: pistolýet — handgun
• Turkmen: sapança — handgun
• Ukrainian: пістоле́т (pistolét) — handgun
• Unami: tèthakètik — handgun
• Urdu: بَنْدُوق (bandūq) — handgun
• Urdu: پِسْتَول (pistaul) — handgun
• Urdu: تَپَنْچَہ (tapanca) — handgun
• Urdu: تَمَنْچَہ (tamanca) — handgun
• Uyghur: تاپانچا (tapancha) — handgun
• Uzbek: toʻpponcha — handgun
• Uzbek: pistolet — handgun
• Vietnamese: súng ngắn — handgun
• Vietnamese: súng lục — handgun
• Walloon: pistolet — handgun
• Welsh: pistol — handgun
• Written Oirat: ᡌᡅᠰᡐᡆᠯ (pistol) — handgun
• Yiddish: פּיסטויל (pistoyl) — handgun
• Yiddish: נאַגאַן (nagan) — handgun
• German: Zündpistole — the mechanical component of a fuse
• Spanish: pistola — the mechanical component of a fuse
• Swahili: bastola — the mechanical component of a fuse
• Dutch: opdondertje — lively, bright small boy
• Finnish: veitikka — lively, bright small boy
• Russian: постре́л (postrél) — lively, bright small boy