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piston.

piston

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pis.tɔ̃/

  1. piston

    masculine

  2. contact, connection

    colloquial · masculine
    Pour trouver un boulot par ici, il faut avoir des pistons.
Where this word comes from

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

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