Piste Piste A piste () is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports. This European term is French ("trail", "track") and synonymous with 'trail', 'slope', or 'groomed run' in North America. The word is pronounced using a long "e" sound (e.g. rhymes with "beast"). Increasingly, North Americans employ its common European antonym, 'off piste', to describe backcountry skiing, especially when referring to skiing outside officially approved areas of a ski resort. Pistes are usually maintained using tracked vehicles known as snowcats to compact or "groom" the snow to even out trail
Football (word) brother plays football in the States", it would be clear from context that American football is meant. Canadian French usage parallels English usage, with "le football" usually referring to Canadian or American football, and "le soccer" referring to association football. When there is ambiguity, "le football canadien" or "le football américain" is used. Rugby union football in Canada is almost always referred to simply as "rugby". In most of the English-speaking Caribbean, "football" and "soccer" are both used to refer to association football, but use of the word "football" is far more common. The exception is the Bahamas, where the