pistola

See also: pištola

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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

Noun

pistola inan

1. pistol, gun

Declension

Declension of pistola (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	pistola	pistola	pistolak	pistolok
ergative	pistolak	pistolak	pistolek	pistolok
dative	pistolari	pistolari	pistolei	pistoloi
genitive	pistolaren	pistolaren	pistolen	pistolon
comitative	pistolarekin	pistolarekin	pistolekin	pistolokin
causative	pistolarengatik	pistolarengatik	pistolengatik	pistolongatik
benefactive	pistolarentzat	pistolarentzat	pistolentzat	pistolontzat
instrumental	pistolaz	pistolaz	pistolez	pistolotaz
inessive	pistolatan	pistolan	pistoletan	pistolotan
locative	pistolatako	pistolako	pistoletako	pistolotako
allative	pistolatara	pistolara	pistoletara	pistolotara
terminative	pistolataraino	pistolaraino	pistoletaraino	pistolotaraino
directive	pistolatarantz	pistolarantz	pistoletarantz	pistolotarantz
destinative	pistolatarako	pistolarako	pistoletarako	pistolotarako
ablative	pistolatatik	pistolatik	pistoletatik	pistolotatik
partitive	pistolarik	—	—	—
prolative	pistolatzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• pistolari (“gunman”)

Further reading

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

pistola f (plural pistoles)

1. pistol; gun

Further reading

• “pistola”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pistola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “pistola” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pistola”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pistóla (Badlit spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ)

1. a pistol; a handgun
   • 2018 — Lopez, Herty B. and Arnold Y. Bustamante, Misis Gipatay; Bana Gahikog (29 September), Superbalita

     Pasado alang 9 sa gabii niadtong Biyernes dihang niadto sa balay sa ginikanan ni Gina si Aldrin nga hubog ug adunay dala nga .45 kalibre nga pistola.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   Synonym: pusil

Central Bikol

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

Italian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pistola f (plural pistole)

1. (weaponry) pistol, handgun
2. pistole

Derived terms

• pistoletto
• pistoliere
• pistolino

Related terms

• pistolero
• pistolettata

Further reading

• pistola in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pistola f (plural pistole)

1. (dated) alternative form of epistola

Further reading

• “pistola”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

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): [pɪsˈtoː.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pisˈtɔː.la]

Noun

pistōla f (genitive pistōlae); first declension

1. (New Latin) pistol

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pistōla	pistōlae
genitive	pistōlae	pistōlārum
dative	pistōlae	pistōlīs
accusative	pistōlam	pistōlās
ablative	pistōlā	pistōlīs
vocative	pistōla	pistōlae

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpis.to.lɑ/

Noun

pistola

1. genitive plural of pistol

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Probably from French pistole, ultimately 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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piʃˈtɔ.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
• Hyphenation: pis‧to‧la

Noun

pistola f (plural pistolas)

1. pistol (handgun)

Derived terms

• pistolaço
• pistolão
• pistolar
• pistoleiro
• pistolinha

Descendants

• → Bengali: পিস্তল (pistol) (see there for further descendants)
• → Gujarati: પિસ્તોલ (pistol)
• → Hindustani: (see there for further descendants)

  Hindi: पिस्तौल (pistaul), पिस्तोल (pistol)

  Urdu: پِسْتَول (pistaul), پسطول (pistol)

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

Adjective

pistola (invariable)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pistola

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

Further reading

• “pistola”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pistola” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pistola”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “pistola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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 bengalas
• pistola de clavos
• pistola paralizadora
• pistola paralizante
• pistolero
• pistoletazo
• pistolita

Descendants

• → Basque: pistola
• → Cebuano: pistola
• → Central Bikol: pistola
• → San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: pistola
• → Tagalog: pistola
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pi̱stula

Further reading

• “pistola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

pistolang kalibreng .45 (kuwarenta y singko)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pistola (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ)

1. pistol

   Synonym: baril

Further reading

• “pistola”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “pistola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• ospital