pistola

See also: pištola

Basque

Noun

pistola ?

1. pistol; gun

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /pisˈtɔ.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pisˈtɔ.la/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

pistola f (plural pistoles)

1. pistol; gun

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pis‧to‧la

Noun

pistola

1. a pistol; a handgun, typically with a chamber integrated in the barrel, a semi-automatic action and a box magazine

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

 

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

Anagrams

• polista, postali, stipola

Latin

Alternative forms

• pistōlium

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

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

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, pages 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pisˈtola/, [pɪsˈto.lɐ]

Noun

pistola

1. pistol