telemark

See also: Telemark and télémark

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EnglishEdit

WOTD – 3 December 2016

Wikipedia

Linda Peer telemark skiing in powdery snow

EtymologyEdit

From Norwegian Telemark, a county in Norway, from Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from the genitive plural case of þelir ‎(“name of an old Germanic tribe”) + mǫrk ‎(“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈteːləˌmɑrk/
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧mark

NounEdit

telemark ‎(countable and uncountable, plural telemarks)

1. (uncountable, skiing) Telemark skiing, a method of skiing using the telemark turn and a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes.
2. (countable, skiing) A telemark turn.

SynonymsEdit

• (telemark skiing): free-heel skiing

Derived termsEdit

• telemark skiing
• telemark turn

TranslationsEdit

Translations

• French: télémark (fr) m

VerbEdit

telemark ‎(third-person singular simple present telemarks, present participle telemarking, simple past and past participle telemarked)

1. (skiing, intransitive) To take part in telemark skiing.
2. (skiing, intransitive) To perform a telemark turn.

ReferencesEdit

• “telemark” (US) / “telemark” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.