piston

See also: Piston and pistón

English
A simplified animation of a piston reciprocating.

Etymology

From French piston.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: pĭs'tən, IPA(key): /ˈpɪstən/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪstən

Noun

piston (plural pistons)

  1. A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)
  2. (music) A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

piston (third-person singular simple present pistons, present participle pistoning, simple past and past participle pistoned)

  1. (intransitive) To move up and down like a piston.

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

piston

  1. Genitive singular form of pisto.

French

Etymology

16th century in the sense of "pestle", borrowed from Italian pistone (15th century), from Latin pistāre, from the root pīnsō (“I crush”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pis.tɔ̃/
  • audio(file)

Noun

piston m (plural pistons)

  1. piston
  2. (colloquial) contact, connection
    Pour trouver un boulot par ici, il faut avoir des pistons.
    To get a job round here you need connections.

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French piston.

Noun

piston n (plural pistoane)

  1. piston
  2. (music) piston

Declension
declension of piston
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) piston pistonul (niște) pistoane pistoanele
genitive/dative (unui) piston pistonului (unor) pistoane pistoanelor
vocative pistonule pistoanelor
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