pistolet
French, noun/pis.tɔ.lɛ/
pistolet is spelled P-I-S-T-O-L-E-T (8 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pistolet is a French masculine noun meaning “gun, pistol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arme à feu courte et portative”.
What does pistolet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegun, pistol
- 2
masculinespray gun
- 3
masculineweird person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arme à feu courte et portative. 2. Arme de poing fonctionnant par recul du canon et permettant des tirs successifs. 3. Tireur utilisant cette arme. 4. Arme à feu permettant au starter de donner le signal du départ.
noun: 1. Petit pain rond marqué par un pli médian.
noun: 1. Habitant de Trois-Pistoles, ville québécoise ^([1]).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pistolet
- pistolets plural
- Pistolets plural
- Pistolette feminine
- Pistolois
- Tri-Pistolois
- Trois-Pistolet
- Trois-Pistolien
- Trois-Pistolois
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pistolet?
- /pis.tɔ.lɛ/
- \pis.tɔ.lɛ\
- [pis.tɔ.lɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pistolet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pistolet in French?
pistolet appears 7.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).