piston
French, noun/pis.tɔ̃/
piston is spelled P-I-S-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written French, the 18,424th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piston is a French masculine noun meaning “piston” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cylindre mobile dans le corps d’une pompe, organe de machine constitué par une cloison, mobile entre deux…”.
What does piston mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepiston
- 2
colloquialmasculinecontact, connection
Pour trouver un boulot par ici, il faut avoir des pistons.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cylindre mobile dans le corps d’une pompe, organe de machine constitué par une cloison, mobile entre deux fluides à des pressions différentes, et destiné à transmettre un effort moteur. 2. Cause d’action, de mouvement. 3. Recommandation, protection. 4. Valve cylindrique de certains instruments à vent, permettant de moduler les notes.
adjective: 1. Importun. 2. Vraiment bien.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of piston
- pistons plural
- pistonne singular feminine
- pistonnes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piston?
- /pis.tɔ̃/
- \pis.tɔ̃\
- [pis.tõ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to piston
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piston in French?
piston appears 2.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).