# pistolet
## English
### Etymology

From French pistolet. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɪstəlɪt/, /pɪstəˈlɛt/

### Noun

pistolet (plural pistolets)
* A small pistol.
** a. 1631 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “Satire II”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC:Pistolets are the best artilleree
** 1623 (first performance), John Fletcher, William Rowley, “The Maid in the Mill”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):The Pistolet is his own

### References

“pistolet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Polettis, Polittes, politest

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pistolet.

### Pronunciation

* (Netherlands) IPA: /pistoːˈlɛt/
** Audio:(file)
* (Belgium) IPA: /pistoːˈleː/ (With this pronunciation, the diminutive would be 'pistoleetje'.)
* Hyphenation: pis‧to‧let
* Rhymes: -ɛt, -eː

### Noun

pistolet m (plural pistolets, diminutive pistoletje n)
* (Belgium) a type of small round bread bun
* (Belgium) a Kaiser roll
* (Netherlands) a bread bun shaped like a short baguette

## French
### Etymology

From pistole +‎ -et. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pis.tɔ.lɛ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pistolet m (plural pistolets)
* gun, pistol
    Synonyms: canon, fusil, flingue, mitra, arme à feu, revolver
* spray gun
* weird person

#### Derived terms

* pistolet à air
* pistolet à air comprimé
* pistolet à impulsion électrique
* pistolet mitrailleur

### Further reading

* “pistolet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pistuˈlet/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pistolet m (plural pistolets)
* pistol, handgun

#### Derived terms

* pistoletada

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 535.

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* piscolit (Sącz Lach)

### Etymology

Borrowed from French pistolet, from Czech píšťala, from Old Czech píščala, from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Doublet of piszczel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pisˈtɔ.lɛt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔlɛt
* Syllabification: pis‧to‧let

### Noun

pistolet m inan
* gun, pistol
* spray gun

#### Declension
### Further reading

* pistolet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* pistolet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pistolet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pis.toˈlet/

### Noun

pistolet n (plural pistolete)
* pistolet

#### Declension
### Further reading

* pistolet in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Walloon
### Etymology

Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pis.tɔ.lɛ/

### Noun

pistolet m
* pistol