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pistle

Syllables: pis·tleUK/ˈpɪsl̩/US/ˈpɪs(ə)l/

pistle noun: synonym of epistle.

Noun

pistle (plural pistles)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) Synonym of epistle.
    • when they were departed / they cam to Antioche and gaddred the multitude togedder and delivered the piſtle.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts xv:[30], folio clxxvij, verso
    Synonyms:
    epistle
  2. (obsolete) A story conveyed verbally.

Verb

pistle (third-person singular simple present pistles, present participle pistling, simple past and past participle pistled)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To write about (someone or something) in, or in the form of, a letter.

pistle meaning in Bengali

pistle in Bengali

মৌখিকভাবে প্রকাশিত একটি গল্প

Synonyms of pistle

Forms of pistle

Noun
pluralpistles
Verb
third-person singular presentpistles
present participlepistling
past participlepistled
pastpistled

Origin of pistle

The noun is derived from Middle English pistel, pistle (“letter; epistle”) [and other forms], from Old English pistol (“letter, epistle”), an aphetic form of epistol, epistola, from Latin epistola (“letter, epistle; literary work in letter form”): see further at epistle. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates Scots pistil, pistle

Words that rhyme with pistle

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Questions about pistle

What does pistle mean?
Pistle means synonym of epistle.
What is pistle in Bengali?
Pistle in Bengali is মৌখিকভাবে প্রকাশিত একটি গল্প. See Pistle meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pistle?
Pistle can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce pistle?
Pistle is pronounced /ˈpɪsl̩/ (UK).
What is the plural of pistle?
The plural of pistle is pistles.

Words near pistle in the dictionary

  1. pistillodes
  2. pistillody
  3. pistillum
  4. pistils
  5. Pistis
  6. pistle
  7. pistles
  8. Pistoia
  9. Pistoiese
  10. pistol
  11. pistol carbine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pistle (page history and authors); pistle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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