piste

Signification

Noun

1. track or trail (left by an animal or person)
2. track (road or other similar beaten path)
3. lead, hint (e.g. in a police investigation)
4. runway
5. track (on a recording)
6. racecourse
7. ring in a circus
8. floor (various activities such as dancing, skating, or fencing)
9. piste

Verb

1. inflection of pister:
2. inflection of pister:

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pist/

Étymologie

Borrowed from Italian pista, variant of pesta (“footprint”).

Phrases

Il reprend la piste au troisième rang , derrière Räikkönen et Massa .

He returned to the track in third place, behind Räikkönen and Massa.

Pendant ce temps , Maldonado sort de la piste et doit abandonner sa monoplace embourbée .

Meanwhile, Maldonado exits the track and must abandon his muddled single-seater.

À l'arrière, Felipe Massa , en pneus neufs , est le plus rapide en piste .

At the rear, Felipe Massa, on new tyres, is the fastest on the track.

Percutant le mur interne , il déclencha un gigantesque incendie en retraversant la piste .

Percussing the inner wall, he started a gigantic fire by crossing the runway again.