pistil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pistil. Doublet of pestle and pistillum.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪstəl
• Homophone: pistol

Noun

pistil (plural pistils)

1. (botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma. [from 18th c.]

   Synonym: (obsolete) pistillum

   Some plant species have more than one pistil per flower.

Derived terms

• pistillaceous
• pistillate
• pistilliferous
• pistillody

Translations

a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit

• Arabic: مِدَقَّة f (midaqqa)
• Belarusian: слупо́к m (slupók), пе́сцік m (pjéscik)
• Catalan: pistil m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蕊 (zh) (ruǐ) (stamen or pistil), 雌蕊 (zh) (círuǐ)

• Czech: pestík (cs) m
• Dutch: stamper (nl) m
• Esperanto: pistilo
• Finnish: emi (fi)
• French: pistil (fr) m
• Georgian: ბუტკო (buṭḳo)
• German: Stempel (de) m
• Hawaiian: kukuna
• Hebrew: עֱלִי (he) m (elí)
• Hungarian: termőtáj (hu)
• Ingrian: pestikka
• Italian: pistillo (it) m
• Japanese: 雌蕊 (ja) (めしべ, meshibe, しずい, shizui)
• Korean: 암술 (ko) (amsul), 암꽃술 (ko) (amkkotsul), 자예(雌蕊) (jaye)
• Latvian: auglenīca (lv) f
• Macedonian: толчник m (tolčnik)
• Māori: hemauwha
• Occitan: pistil (oc) m
• Polish: słupek (pl) m
• Portuguese: pistilo (pt) m
• Romanian: pistil (ro) n
• Russian: пе́стик (ru) m (péstik)
• Slovene: pestič (sl) m
• Spanish: pistilo (es) m
• Swedish: pistill (sv) c
• Thai: เกสรตัวเมีย (gee-sɔ̌ɔn-dtuua-miia)
• Turkish: karpel (tr), pistil (tr)
• Ukrainian: ма́точка f (mátočka)

See also

• stamen
• gynoecium, carpel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pistillum. Compare Old French pestel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pis.til/

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Noun

pistil m (plural pistils)

1. (botany) pistil

   Coordinate term: étamine

Descendants

• → English: pistil
• → Romanian: pistil

Further reading

• “pistil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pistil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pisˈtil/

Noun

pistil n (plural pistiluri)

1. (botany) pistil

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pistil	pistilul	pistiluri	pistilurile
genitive-dative	pistil	pistilului	pistiluri	pistilurilor
vocative	pistilule		pistilurilor

References

• “pistil”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026