piston

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See also: Piston and pistón

English[edit]

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A simplified animation of a piston reciprocating.
Piston

Etymology[edit]

From French piston.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

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Verb[edit]

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

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

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Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

piston

  1. genitive singular of pisto

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: pistó
  • English: piston
  • Greek: πιστόνι (pistóni)
  • Romanian: piston

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch piston, from French piston, from Italian pistone (15th century), from Latin pistāre, from the root pīnsō (I crush).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪstɔn]
  • Hyphenation: pis‧ton

Noun[edit]

piston (first-person possessive pistonku, second-person possessive pistonmu, third-person possessive pistonnya)

  1. (engineering) piston.

Further reading[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French piston.

Noun[edit]

piston n (plural pistoane)

  1. piston
  2. (music) piston

Declension[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English piston.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piston m (plural pistonau or pistynau)

  1. piston
    Synonyms: pillffon, ceuffon

References[edit]

  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “piston”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies