different between pistle vs pistole

English

Etymology

Aphetic form of epistle.

Noun

pistle (plural pistles)

1. (obsolete) A written communication; a letter, an epistle.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts XV:

     When they were departed, they cam to Antioche and gaddred the multitude togedder and delivered the pistle.

Anagrams

• pliest, stipel, tiples

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pistole, of uncertain origin. Probably ultimately from Czech píš?ala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piš?al?, from *piskati, *piš?ati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *p??k-.

Alternatively, perhaps from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?st??l/, /p??st??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?sto?l/, /p??sto?l/

Noun

pistole (plural pistoles)

1. (historical) A Spanish gold double-escudo coin of the mid-sixteenth century, or any of various gold coins derived from or based on this. [from 16th c.]

Anagrams

• Polites, elispot, piolets, polites, topiles

Czech

Etymology

From German Pistole, from French pistole, probably ultimately from Czech píš?ala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piš?al?, from *piskati, *piš?ati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *p??k-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?stol?]

Noun

pistole f

1. pistol

Declension

Further reading

• pistole in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• pistole in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Probably ultimately from Czech píš?ala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piš?al?, from *piskati, *piš?ati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *p?šk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pis.t?l/

Noun

pistole f (plural pistoles)

1. (historical) pistole (coin)

Further reading

• “pistole” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pis?t?.le/
• Hyphenation: pis?tò?le

Noun

pistole f

1. plural of pistola

Anagrams

• poliste, sepolti, stipole

Middle French

Etymology

First attested 1544, of uncertain origin. Probably ultimately from Czech píš?ala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piš?al?, from *piskati, *piš?ati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *p??k-.

Noun

pistole f (plural pistoles)

1. pistol (small gun)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pistole)