telemark
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛləˌmɑɹk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: te‧le‧mark
Noun
edittelemark (countable and uncountable, plural telemarks)
- (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.
- (countable, skiing) A telemark turn.
- (countable, ski jumping) A telemark landing.
Synonyms
edit- (telemark skiing): free-heel skiing
Derived terms
editTranslations
edittelemark skiing
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Verb
edittelemark (third-person singular simple present telemarks, present participle telemarking, simple past and past participle telemarked)
- (skiing, intransitive) To take part in telemark skiing.
- (skiing, intransitive) To perform a telemark turn.
References
edit- “telemark”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
edit- Telemark skiing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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