We have this exact loanword in my first language, but today's the first time I've heard it used in English.
Curiously enough, the editors of the NOAD haven't decided to label it as British English, while those of LDOCE have.
Also, they have essentially the same example sentence pronounced by the same person slightly differently in the dictionary entry for across the piste and across the piece, haha.
It sounds like they had to pronounce them consecutively when you listen to the piece one first.
I'm looking at an elementary school grammar book for my daughter which says:
A word that tells which about a noun is an adjective. A word that
tells whose about a noun is also an adjective. Example:
Carl's brother is in fourth grade.
Carl is a noun because it names a person. But C...
Not a language professional, here, but yes that is all correct, though I am a little surprised that they call articles "noun markers" nowadays.
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