telemark

See also: Telemark and télémark

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EnglishEdit

WOTD – 3 December 2016

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): /ˈteːləˌmɑɹk/
• 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.
3. (countable, ski jumping) A telemark landing.

SynonymsEdit

• (telemark skiing): free-heel skiing

Derived termsEdit

• telemarker
• telemark skiing
• telemark turn

TranslationsEdit

Translations

• French: télémark (fr) m
• Japanese: テレマークスキー (teremāku-sukī)
• Korean: 텔레마크 스키 (tellemakeu seuki)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: telemarkskjøring f

  Nynorsk: telemarkskøyring f

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.

Further readingEdit

• Telemark skiing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia