piste

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piste

/pɪst/
/piːst/

Sounds like pissed · Rhymes with -ɪst, -iːst

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French piste.

noun pistes

A downhill trail. They were skiing on the piste.
The field of play of a fencing match.
archaic The track left by somebody riding a horse.

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noun (skiing) a downhill trail

Português	pista
Deutsch	Piste
Italiano	pista
Ελληνικά	πίστα písta
Русский	лы́жная тра́сса lýžnaja trássa

noun (fencing) the field of play of a fencing match

Español	pista
Português	pista
Français	planche, pista
Deutsch	Planche
Italiano	pedana

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"piste." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/piste. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

piste. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/piste

Chicago

"piste." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/piste.

BibTeX

@misc{piste_2026,
  title = {piste},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/piste},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}