name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Pistole
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɪstəʊl/
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Received-Pronunciation: /pɪˈstəʊl/
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General-American: /ˈpɪstoʊl/
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General-American: /pɪˈstoʊl/
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rhymes with -əʊl
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CMU ARPABET: P IH0 S T OW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P IH0 S T OW1 L EY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A Spanish gold double-escudo coin of the mid-sixteenth century, or any of various gold coins derived from or based on this.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 3
A disc-shaped piece of chocolate, the size of a coin, designed for melting when cooking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from German Pistole (“pistol”), probably a nickname for an aggressive person.
Borrowed from French pistole, of uncertain origin. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Alternatively, perhaps from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany).