cross-country skiing

cross-country skiing

See also: cross country skiing

English

Noun

cross-country skiing (uncountable)

1. (sports) An endurance sport and method of getting about involving travelling on skis, uphill as well as downhill .
2. (skiing) A leisure activity using cross-country skis and ski poles for traversing natural terrain during winter.

Coordinated terms

• (recreational): downhill skiing

Hypernyms

• (formal sport): nordic skiing
• skiing

Hyponyms

• classic skiing
• skate skiing, ski skating

Related terms

• cross-country skier
• cross country
• cross-country
• cross country running

Translations

winter sport

Breton: ski-bale (br) m Bulgarian: ски бягане n (ski bjagane) Chinese: Mandarin: 越野滑雪 (yuèyě huáxuě) Czech: běžkování n Dutch: langlaufen (nl) n Finnish: maastohiihto (fi), murtomaahiihto (fi) French: ski de fond (fr) m German: Langlauf m, Skilanglauf (de) m Hungarian: sífutás (hu) Japanese: 距離競技 (きょりきょうぎ, kyorikyōgi) Kazakh: шаңғы жарысы (şañğy jarysy) Ladin: gherdëina: pudejé (lld) badiot: paslunch (lld) f fascian: paslonch (lld) f Mongolian: гүйлтийн цана (güjltiin cana) Norwegian: (uncountable) langrenn (no) n Polish: biegi narciarskie m pl Russian: ката́ние на беговы́х лы́жах n (katánije na begovýx lýžax) Spanish: esquí de travesía m Swedish: längdskidåkning (sv) c, längdskidor (sv) c pl Turkish: kayaklı koşu

leisure activity

Breton: ski-bale (br) m Czech: běžkování n Finnish: maastohiihto (fi), murtomaahiihto (fi) German: Langlauf m Norwegian: (uncountable) langrenn (no) n Turkish: kır kayağı