pistola

See also: pištola

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /pis̺tola/ [pis̺.t̪o.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Hyphenation: pis‧to‧la

Noun

pistola inan

1. pistol, gun

Declension

Declension of pistola (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	pistola	pistola	pistolak
ergative	pistolak	pistolak	pistolek
dative	pistolari	pistolari	pistolei
genitive	pistolaren	pistolaren	pistolen
comitative	pistolarekin	pistolarekin	pistolekin
causative	pistolarengatik	pistolarengatik	pistolengatik
benefactive	pistolarentzat	pistolarentzat	pistolentzat
instrumental	pistolaz	pistolaz	pistolez
inessive	pistolatan	pistolan	pistoletan
locative	pistolatako	pistolako	pistoletako
allative	pistolatara	pistolara	pistoletara
terminative	pistolataraino	pistolaraino	pistoletaraino
directive	pistolatarantz	pistolarantz	pistoletarantz
destinative	pistolatarako	pistolarako	pistoletarako
ablative	pistolatatik	pistolatik	pistoletatik
partitive	pistolarik	—	—
prolative	pistolatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• pistolari (“gunman”)

 

Further reading

• “pistola”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “pistola”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pisˈtola/, [pisˈto.l̪a]
• Hyphenation: pis‧to‧la

Noun

pistóla (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ)

1. pistol

   Synonym: badil

See also

• armas
• karbin
• riple

 

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pisˈtɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pisˈtɔ.la]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pistola f (plural pistoles)

1. pistol; gun

Further reading

• “pistola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pistola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pistola” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pistola” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pis‧to‧la
• IPA^(key): /pisˈtola/, [pɪs̪ˈt̪o.l̪ɐ]

Noun

pistola

1. a pistol; a handgun

   Synonym: pusil

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pistola.

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pistole, from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈstɔ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Hyphenation: pi‧stò‧la

Noun

pistola f (plural pistole)

1. (weaponry) pistol, gun
2. pistole

Derived terms

• pistoletto
• pistoliere
• pistolino

 

Related terms

• pistolero
• pistolettata

 

Further reading

• pistola in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.sto.la/
• Rhymes: -istola
• Hyphenation: pì‧sto‧la

Noun

pistola f (plural pistole)

1. (dated) Alternative form of epistola

Further reading

• pistola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• polista, postali, stipola

Latin

Alternative forms

• pistōlium

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French pistole or Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese pistola. The penultimate syllable is long because it carries stress.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pisˈtoː.la/, [pɪs̠ˈt̪oːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pisˈto.la/, [pisˈt̪ɔːlä]

Noun

pistōla f (genitive pistōlae); first declension

1. (New Latin) pistol

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pistōla	pistōlae
Genitive	pistōlae	pistōlārum
Dative	pistōlae	pistōlīs
Accusative	pistōlam	pistōlās
Ablative	pistōlā	pistōlīs
Vocative	pistōla	pistōlae

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Probably from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”), from pištěti (“to whistle”), of imitative origin.

Perhaps, however, from Italian pistolese (“from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany)”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pisˈtɔ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pisˈtɔ.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /piʃˈtɔ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pisˈtɔ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piʃˈtɔ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: pis‧to‧la

Noun

pistola f (plural pistolas)

1. pistol (handgun)

Related terms

• revólver
• pistolaço, pistoleiro, pistolão

Descendants

• → Bengali: পিস্তল (pistol)
• → Gujarati: પિસ્તોલ (pistol)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: पिस्तौल (pistaul), पिस्तोल (pistol)

  Urdu: پسطول (pistol)

• → Sinhalese: පිස්තෝලය (pistōlaya)
• → Swahili: bastola

Adjective

pistola (invariable)

1. (informal, slang, Brazil) pissed off, mad, aggressively angry

Further reading

• “pistola” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology 2

Verb

pistola

1. inflection of pistolar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

Noun

pistola

1. pistol

Derived terms

• pistola ndaa

References

• Stewart, Cloyd, Stewart, Ruth D., colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 141

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pistole, from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pisˈtola/ [pisˈt̪o.la]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: pis‧to‧la

Noun

pistola f (plural pistolas)

1. pistol, handgun
2. gun (a device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm)

Derived terms

• como a un santo dos pistolas
• pistola de agua
• pistola de aire
• pistola de clavos
• pistola paralizadora
• pistola paralizante
• pistolero
• pistoletazo
• pistolita

 

Descendants

• → San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: pistola
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pi̱stula

Further reading

• “pistola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola, from German Pistole, from Czech píšťala.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pisˈtola/ [pɪsˈto.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: pis‧to‧la

Noun

pistola (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ)

1. pistol

   Synonym: baril

Further reading

• “pistola” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “pistola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018