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noun, feminine

pistole

/pis.tɔl/

noun, feminine/pis.tɔl/plural: pistoles

handgun, pistol; pistole (coin)

First attested in 1544. Uncertain. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle, flute”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīšk-.