pipistrelle

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From French pipistrelle, from Italian pipistrello (“bat”), variant of vipistrello, from Latin vespertilio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪpɪˈstɹɛl/

Noun

pipistrelle (plural pipistrelles)

1. Any of various species of bats of the genus Pipistrellus.

Derived terms

• Nathusius's pipistrelle

Translations

bat of the genus Pipistrellus

• Bulgarian: кафяв прилеп (kafjav prilep)
• Catalan: pipistrel·la f
• Dutch: dwergvleermuis (nl) f
• Finnish: piippa
• French: pipistrelle (fr) f
• German: Zwergfledermaus (de) f
• Hungarian: törpedenevér
• Italian: pipistrello nano m
• Polish: karlik (pl) m
• Russian: нетопы́рь (ru) m (netopýrʹ)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pipistrello.

Noun

pipistrelle f (plural pipistrelles)

1. pipistrelle

References

• “pipistrelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.