piste

noun

: trail
especially : a downhill ski trail

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The 41-year-old was then airlifted off the Olimpia delle Tofane piste as the crowd stood to applaud her. Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026 With over 270 inches of snow per year due to the lake effect, this Keweenaw Peninsula resort offers off-piste (ungroomed terrain) skiing. Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026 With access to 600 km of pistes meandering through Les Trois Vallées, skiers can glide through pretty Meribel, Val Thorens, and Courchevel. Sophie Knight, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026 But the billionaire class does not seem to be deterred by slightly off-piste locations in the era of private jets and motor courts — 80 Clarkson has one, of course, with intricate metalwork, so drivers needn’t unload on the street, and there’s also a waiting room for them. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for piste

Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French, from Old Italian pista, from pistare to trample down, pound — more at piston

First Known Use

1696, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of piste was in 1696

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“Piste.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piste. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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