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off-piste en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English off- French pistebor. English piste English off-piste From off- + piste.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of snow or ski-runs) Not specially prepared or designated for skiing, hence viewed as more exciting but also more dangerous.
    • Please stay away from the off-piste slopes.
  2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Deviating from what is seen as correct, usual or conventional.
    • His ideas are totally off-piste.

Deriveds

off-pister

Translations (4)

fr hors-piste (Not specially prepared or designated for skiing) · de abseits der Piste (Not specially prepared or designated for skiing) · sv offpist (Not specially prepared or designated for skiing) · it fuoripista (Not specially prepared or designated for skiing)

off-piste en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English off- French pistebor. English piste English off-piste From off- + piste.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In off-piste locations.
    • We are skiing off-piste this morning.
    • Some ski instructors are allowed to take groups off-piste too, so long as they don't travel across glaciers, but the tour hosts and reps who commonly show skiers around pisted runs within large resorts are definitely not allowed to go off-piste […] 2014, Alun Richardson, Rucksack Guide - Ski Mountaineering and Snowshoeing, page 126:

Antonyms

on-piste