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

Borrowed from Italian pistone.

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

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