Wiktionary

piste

See also: Piste, pisté, and pište

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French piste.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

piste (plural pistes)

  1. (skiing) A downhill trail.
  2. (fencing) The field of play of a fencing match.
  3. (archaic) The track left by somebody riding a horse.

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DutchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From French piste.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

piste f (plural pistes, diminutive pistetje n)

  1. (skiing) piste
  2. (circus) circus ring
  3. (Belgium) trail, track

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪstə/
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VerbEdit

piste

  1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of pissen

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From pistää +‎ -e. First used to mean "period, full stop, dot" by Gustaf Renvall, later expanded to mean "point".

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpisteˣ/, [ˈpis̠t̪e̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -iste
  • Syllabification: pis‧te

NounEdit

piste

  1. (typography) point, dot, full stop, period
  2. (mathematics) point (zero-dimensional object)
  3. point (particular location)
  4. point (something tiny)
  5. point (mark or stroke above a letter)
  6. point (unit of scoring)
    Synonyms: pojo (colloquial), pinna (colloquial)
  7. (typography) point (unit of font size or spacing)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of piste (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative piste pisteet
genitive pisteen pisteiden
pisteitten
partitive pistettä pisteitä
illative pisteeseen pisteisiin
pisteihin
singular plural
nominative piste pisteet
accusative nom. piste pisteet
gen. pisteen
genitive pisteen pisteiden
pisteitten
partitive pistettä pisteitä
inessive pisteessä pisteissä
elative pisteestä pisteistä
illative pisteeseen pisteisiin
pisteihin
adessive pisteellä pisteillä
ablative pisteeltä pisteiltä
allative pisteelle pisteille
essive pisteenä pisteinä
translative pisteeksi pisteiksi
instructive — pistein
abessive pisteettä pisteittä
comitative — pisteineen
Possessive forms of piste (type hame)
possessor singular plural
1st person pisteeni pisteemme
2nd person pisteesi pisteenne
3rd person pisteensä

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Italian pista, variant of pesta (“footprint”).

NounEdit

piste f (plural pistes)

  1. track or trail (left by an animal or person)
  2. track (road or other similar beaten path)
    Une piste automobile dans le désert.
    A car track in the desert.
    piste cyclable ― bicycle path
  3. (figuratively) lead, hint (e.g. in a police investigation)
    La police est sur la piste d’un complot.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (aviation) runway
    piste d’atterrissage ― landing runway
  5. (music) track (on a recording)
  6. racecourse
  7. ring in a circus
  8. floor (various activities such as dancing, skating, or fencing)
    piste de danse ― dance floor
  9. (skiing) piste
    piste de ski ― ski piste, ski slope, ski trail
    piste de luge ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
DescendantsEdit
  • → Dutch: piste
  • → English: piste
  • → German: Piste
  • → Greek: πίστα (písta)

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

VerbEdit

piste

  1. inflection of pister:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

piste f

  1. plural of pista

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LatinEdit

ParticipleEdit

piste

  1. vocative masculine singular of pistus

ReferencesEdit

LithuanianEdit

ParticipleEdit

piste

  1. "manner of action" būdinys participle of pisti.

NeapolitanEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

piste m

  1. plural of pisto

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

VerbEdit

piste

  1. simple past of pisse
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