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English
Etymology
From French piste.
Pronunciation
Noun
piste (plural pistes)
- (skiing) A downhill trail.
They were skiing on the piste.
- (fencing) The field of play of a fencing match.
- (archaic) The track left by somebody riding a horse.
Derived terms
Translations
(skiing) a downhill trail
(fencing) the field of play of a fencing match
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology 1
From French piste.
Pronunciation
Noun
piste f (plural pistes, diminutive pistetje n)
- racetrack for athletic contests
- (skiing) piste
- (circus) circus ring
- (Belgium) trail, track
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
piste
- inflection of pissen:
- singular past indicative
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pistek (“sting, prick”). Equivalent to pistää (“to sting, prick”) + -e. Originally a synonym of pisto (“sting; prick, puncture”). First used to mean "period, full stop, dot" by Gustaf Renvall in 1826 and "point" in geometry by Wolmar Schildt in 1835; other meanings derive from those two.
Pronunciation
Noun
piste
- (typography) point, dot, full stop, period
- (mathematics) point (zero-dimensional object)
- point (particular location)
- Synonym: kohta
- point, dot (something tiny)
- Synonyms: läikkä, pilkku, täplä
- point (mark or stroke above a letter)
- point (unit of scoring)
- Synonyms: (colloquial) pojo, (colloquial) pinna
- (typography) point (unit of font size or spacing)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian pista, variant of pesta (“footprint”).
Noun
piste f (plural pistes)
- track or trail (left by an animal or person)
- track (road or other similar beaten path)
Une piste automobile dans le désert.- A car track in the desert.
- piste cyclable ― bicycle path
- (figurative) lead, hint (e.g. in a police investigation)
La police est sur la piste d’un complot.- The police are following a lead in a conspiracy.
- (aviation) runway
- piste d’atterrissage ― landing runway
- (music) track (on a recording)
- racecourse
- ring in a circus
- floor (various activities such as dancing, skating, or fencing)
- piste de danse ― dance floor
- (skiing) piste
- piste de ski ― ski piste, ski slope, ski trail
- piste de luge ― sled or sledge track
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
piste
- inflection of pister:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
piste f
- plural of pista
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
piste
- vocative masculine singular of pistus
References
Lithuanian
Participle
piste
- adverbial būdinys participle of pisti
Neapolitan
Pronunciation
Noun
piste m
- plural of pisto
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Compare Persian پسته (peste).
Pronunciation
Noun
piste f (Arabic spelling پسته)
- pistachio
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “piste”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 459
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
piste
- simple past of pisse