Meanings
nounpipistrelle (plural pipistrelles)
plural pipistrelles
- Any of various species of bats of the genus Pipistrellus.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsmall European brown bat
Similar
pipistrelPipistrellus pipistrellus
Broader
vespertilian batvespertilionid
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinvespertilio
- Italianpipistrello“bat”
- Frenchpipistrelle
- Englishpipistrelle
From French pipistrelle, from Italian pipistrello (“bat”), variant of vipistrello, from Latin vespertilio.
More words from French, Italian, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian кафяв прилеп
- кафяв прилеп (kafjav prilep)bat of the genus Pipistrellus
Catalan pipistrel·la
- pipistrel·labat of the genus Pipistrellus
Dutch dwergvleermuis
- dwergvleermuisbat of the genus Pipistrellus
Finnish piippa
- piippabat of the genus Pipistrellus
French pipistrelle
- pipistrellebat of the genus Pipistrellus
German Zwergfledermaus
- Zwergfledermausbat of the genus Pipistrellus
Hungarian törpedenevér
- törpedenevérbat of the genus Pipistrellus
Italian pipistrello nano
- pipistrello nanobat of the genus Pipistrellus
Polish karlik
- karlikbat of the genus Pipistrellus
Russian нетопы́рь
- нетопы́рь (netopýrʹ)bat of the genus Pipistrellus
Cite this entry
APA
pipistrelle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipistrelle
MLA
“pipistrelle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipistrelle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pipistrelle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipistrelle.
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