Noun: pistol
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
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Langs veggene sto politimenn med dystre ansikter, truende, med hendene på pistolene sine. (Along the walls policemen stood menacingly with sombre faces, and with hands on their pistols.) [2012, Tatiana de Rosnay, translated by Kirsti Overgaard, Saras nøkkel [Sarah's Key]:]
Nouns inflected like pistol
tjuendedag,
billettautomat,
bestevenn,
synops,
syklon,
syklus,
abiturient,
forsnevring,
kroppsdel,
snøbre,
lekeplass,
sesjon,
sesong,
septim,
sefard,
seilas,
sektor,
sement,
sensor,
sensur, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Czech píšťala (“whistle, because of the shape”), via German Pistole. See: Czech Nouns '
píšťala', German Nouns '
Pistole'.
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