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/pis.tɔ.lɛ/
Translation
pistol
Word origin
The origin is disputed, though the word reached French in the sixteenth century as a name for a short firearm.
- Origin
- disputed
Other proposed origins
- Most often traced to German Pistole, borrowed from Czech pistala ('pipe, whistle'), the name of a handgun used in the Hussite wars. (pistala)
- Some accounts derive it instead from Italian pistolese, a weapon named after the Tuscan city of Pistoia. (pistolese)
Grammar
Examples
L' étui.
The officer put his pistol back in its holster.
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The pistol was lying on the table.
' .
He has never held a pistol in his life.
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The pistol was found in the river.
expose -huitième .
The museum displays eighteenth-century pistols.
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