different between pistol vs revolver

English

Etymology

Probably from Middle French pistole, which probably via Middle High German forms like pischulle from Czech píš?ala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”), from Proto-Slavic *piš?al?, from *piskati, *piš?ati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *p??k-.

Alternatively, from Middle English pistolet, from Middle French pistolet (“small firearm or small dagger”), from or related to Italian pistolese (“short dagger”), from Italian Pistoia (“a Tuscan town noted for its gunsmithing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?st?l/
• Rhymes: -?st?l

Noun

pistol (plural pistols)

1. A handgun, typically with a chamber integrated in the barrel, a semi-automatic action and a box magazine. [1570s]
2. The mechanical component of a fuse in a bomb or torpedo responsible for firing the detonator.
3. A creative and unpredictable jokester, a constant source of entertainment and surprises.
   • February 2012, Thomas Pugsley, Denial (episode) in Young Justice (TV series):

     KENT NELSON —Until my wife Inza convinced me there was more to life. Ah, she was a real pistol, that Inza.

   • 2012, Jimmy Correa, How My Prank Stories in ‘You Tube’ Made Me an Overnight Sensation, iUniverse, page 102:

     She features so many dance tunes and is a pistol with her sharp and witty remarks.

4. (Southern US) A small boy who is bright, alert and very active.
5. (American football) An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, but closer than in a shotgun formation, with a running back lined up behind him.

Usage notes

Shooters normally differentiate between a pistol and a revolver, which is named after its rotating chamber; however, in common usage, the word pistol is also imprecisely used to refer to any type of handgun.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pistol (third-person singular simple present pistols, present participle pistoling, simple past and past participle pistoled)

1. (transitive) To shoot (at) a target with a pistol.

See also

• derringer
• pistole
• gat
• rod

Further reading

• Pistol offense on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pilots, postil, potlis, sploit, spoilt

References

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• piskot

Etymology

A minced oath of pisti.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pis?tol

Interjection

pistol

1. expressing anger, surprise, excitement, etc.

Danish

Etymology

From Middle French pistole or from German Pistole, either from Italian pistola or 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): /pisto?l/, [p?i?sd?o??l]
• Rhymes: -o?l

Noun

pistol c (singular definite pistolen, plural indefinite pistoler)

1. handgun, pistol

Inflection

See also

• pistol on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pistol, from Dutch pistool. 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

pistol (first-person possessive pistolku, second-person possessive pistolmu, third-person possessive pistolnya)

1. a pistol (gun)

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch pistool. 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

pistol (plural pistol-pistol, informal 1st possessive pistolku, impolite 2nd possessive pistolmu, 3rd possessive pistolnya)

1. a pistol (gun, handheld short firearm weapon)

Further reading

• “pistol” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Czech píš?ala (“whistle, because of the shape”), via German Pistole

Noun

pistol m (definite singular pistolen, indefinite plural pistoler, definite plural pistolene)

1. a pistol (firearm)

References

• “pistol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Czech píš?ala (“whistle”), via German Pistole

Noun

pistol m (definite singular pistolen, indefinite plural pistolar, definite plural pistolane)

1. a pistol (firearm)

References

• “pistol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek ??????? (pistóli)

Noun

pistol n (plural pistoale)

1. pistol

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

pistol c

1. a pistol (gun)

Declension

Related terms

See also

• revolver

English

Etymology

revolve +? -er, coined by American inventor Samuel Colt in 1835.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???v?l.v?/

Noun

revolver (plural revolvers)

1. (firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.

   Synonyms: wheelgun, Colt

   Hyponyms: six-gun, six-shooter

2. (by extension) Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.
3. (finance) Synonym of revolving line of credit
4. Agent noun of revolve; something that revolves.

Derived terms

• service revolver

Descendants

Translations

Further reading

• revolver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver

1. revolver pistol

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?volv?r]

Noun

revolver m

1. revolver (handgun)

Related terms

• See voluta

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Pronunciation

Noun

revolver m (plural revolvers, diminutive revolvertje n)

1. revolver

Hypernyms

• vuistvuurwapen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e.v?l.v??/

Noun

revolver m (plural revolvers)

1. revolver (gun)

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?volv?r]
• Hyphenation: re?vol?ver
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

revolver (plural revolverek)

1. revolver

Declension

Derived terms

• revolveres

Further reading

• revolver in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver m (invariable)

1. revolver (handgun)

   Synonyms: pistola a tamburo, rivoltella

2. Rotating attachment, on a camera, having multiple lenses

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver m (definite singular revolveren, indefinite plural revolvere, definite plural revolverne)

1. a revolver

References

• “revolver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver m (definite singular revolveren, indefinite plural revolverar, definite plural revolverane)

1. a revolver

   Han fekk tak i ein revolver.

   He got hold of a revolver.

References

• “revolver” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin revolvere, present active infinitive of revolv? (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back, again”) + volv? (“roll”).

Verb

revolver (first-person singular present indicative revolvo, past participle revolvido)

1. to turn over (e.g., earth)
2. to roll (the eyes)
3. to go through (e.g., archives)

Conjugation

Related terms

• revolto
• volver

Romanian

Etymology

From French revolver.

Noun

revolver n (plural revolvere)

1. revolver, pistol

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re??l?er/
• Hyphenation: re?vol?ver

Noun

revòlver m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. revolver

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin revolvere, present active infinitive of revolv? (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back, again”) + volv? (“roll”). Cognate with English revolve although a false friend.

Verb

revolver (first-person singular present revuelvo, first-person singular preterite revolví, past participle revuelto)

1. to stir, to mix
2. to jumble up, to disarrange
3. to turn over, to poke about, to rummage around in
4. to consider, to turn over, to ponder
5. to disturb, to stir up, to upset
6. to swing around
7. to wrap, to wrap up
8. to turn 360 degrees, to revolve

Usage notes

• Revolver is a false friend, and does not mean a type of gun in Spanish. The Spanish word for that English meaning of revolver is revólver.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• revuelto
• revoltijo
• revolución
• revoltear
• revoltoso
• revoltura
• volver

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver c

1. a revolver (firearm)

Declension