telemark
EnglishEdit
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): /ˈteləˌmɑɹk/
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- Hyphenation: te‧le‧mark
NounEdit
telemark (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.
SynonymsEdit
- (telemark skiing): free-heel skiing
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
telemark skiing
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VerbEdit
telemark (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.
ReferencesEdit
- “telemark”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further readingEdit
- Telemark skiing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia