Feminine

Pistole

Meaning

  1. (feminine) pistol, gun
  2. (feminine) gun (device operated by a trigger)

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɪsˈtoːlə/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from French pistole, itself probably via Middle High German pitschal, pischulle from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”).

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