piston

Meaning

1. (masculine) piston
2. (colloquial, masculine) contact, connection

Concepts

piston

plunger

🪠

valve

diver

influence

piston valve

pushing

string-pulling

Walter Piston

Piston

backing

Perinet valve

backlash

boosting

Synonyms

kolben

appui

plongeur

soutien

Translations

Kolben

pistone

pistón

pistão

zuiger

émbolo

pistó

πιστόνι

stantuffo

êmbolo

piston

piston

έμβολο

Pumpventil

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pis.tɔ̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian: pistone

In summary

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