eldertongue

Old English · noun

pistol

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈpis.tol/
Syllables
ˈpis · tol (2 syllables)
Modern English
letterpistleepistlenew testamenttestament

Meaning

  1. letter, epistle

  2. an epistle of the New Testament

Declension

Declension of pistol
SingularPlural
Nominative pistolpistolas
Accusative pistolpistolas
Genitive pistolespistola
Dative pistolepistolum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Late Latin epistola, epistula. Compare Middle Dutch pistele, pistel, Middle Low German pistele, Middle High German pistel.

Descendants

pistle

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