klister

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish klister.

Pronunciation

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Noun

klister (countable and uncountable, plural klisters)

1. (skiing) A soft wax used for grip on skis, especially for corn snow or crust.

Translations

type of ski wax

• Finnish: liisteri (fi)

Anagrams

• Kistler, kilters, kirtles

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish klisther, from Low German klīster, an originally Central German word, possibly from Old High German *klīstar, from Proto-West Germanic *klīstr, from Proto-Germanic *klīstrą (“paste, goo”), ultimately from the root of Klei (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to smear, glue”); compare *klinaną, *klaimaz, *klaiþą, etc.

Noun

klister n

1. glue; substance used to make things stick, as a way of attaching a surface to another.
2. klister; soft ski wax (grip wax) for cross country skis

Declension

Declension of klister

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	klister	klisters
	definite	klistret	klistrets
plural	indefinite	klister	klisters
	definite	klistren	klistrens

Related terms

• klistra

See also

• lim

References

• “klister”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)