bobsleigh
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.
Noun[edit]
bobsleigh (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleighs)
- (obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
- (uncountable, UK) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
- (UK) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.
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Verb[edit]
bobsleigh (third-person singular simple present bobsleighs, present participle bobsleighing, simple past and past participle bobsleighed)
- To ride a bobsleigh.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bobsleigh f (plural bobsleighs)
Further reading[edit]
- “bobsleigh”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English bobsleigh or French bobsleigh.
Noun[edit]
bobsleigh n (plural bobsleigh-uri)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) bobsleigh | bobsleigh-ul | (niște) bobsleigh-uri | bobsleigh-urile |
genitive/dative | (unui) bobsleigh | bobsleigh-ului | (unor) bobsleigh-uri | bobsleigh-urilor |
vocative | bobsleigh-ule | bobsleigh-urilor |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English bobsleigh.
Noun[edit]
bobsleigh m (plural bobsleighs)
Usage notes[edit]
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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