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Etymology
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[edit]Noun
[edit]piston (plural pistons)
- (mechanics) 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)
- (music) A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder
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valve of brass instruments
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in firearms
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Verb
[edit]piston (third-person singular simple present pistons, present participle pistoning, simple past and past participle pistoned)
- (intransitive) To move up and down or in and out like a piston.
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Noun
[edit]piston
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)
- (mechanics) piston
- (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
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “piston”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch piston, from French piston, from Italian pistone (15th century), from Latin pistāre, from the root pīnsō (“I crush”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]piston (first-person possessive pistonku, second-person possessive pistonmu, third-person possessive pistonnya)
Further reading
[edit]- “piston” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian
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[edit]Noun
[edit]piston n (plural pistoane)
Declension
[edit]Declension of piston
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Welsh
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[edit]Noun
[edit]piston m (plural pistonau or pistynau)
References
[edit]- 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
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