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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024piste (pēst),USA pronunciation n. - Sporta track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Sport(in fencing) a regulation-size strip, usually 2 meters wide and 14 meters long, on which fencers compete.
- Vulgar Latin, frequentative of Latin pī(n)sere; compare pestle
- Italian pista, pesta, noun, nominal derivative of pestare to pound, crush
- French: animal track
- 1720–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: piste /piːst/ n - a trail, slope, or course for skiing
Etymology: 18th Century: via Old French from Old Italian pista, from pistare to tread down |