"piston" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pis.tɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-piston.ogg Forms: pistons [plural]
Etymology: 16th century in the sense of "pestle", borrowed from Italian pistone (15th century), from Latin pistāre, from the root pīnsō (“to crush”). Etymology templates: {{bor|fr|it|pistone}} Italian pistone, {{der|fr|la|pistāre}} Latin pistāre Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} piston m (plural pistons)
  1. (mechanics) piston Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Mechanics
    Sense id: en-piston-fr-noun-fvS8NKSX Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (colloquial) contact, connection Tags: colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-piston-fr-noun-iQyCM0lG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pistonner

Inflected forms

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