piste.
track or trail (left by an animal or person)
Meaning & usage
track or trail (left by an animal or person)
track (road or other similar beaten path)
Une piste automobile dans le désert.
piste cyclable
lead, hint (e.g. in a police investigation)
La police est sur la piste d’un complot.
runway
piste d’atterrissage
track (on a recording)
racecourse
ring in a circus
floor (various activities such as dancing, skating, or fencing)
piste de danse
piste
piste de ski
piste de luge
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Italian pista, variant of pesta (“footprint”).
inflection of pister: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
inflection of pister: second-person singular imperative
Where this word comes from
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.