lutz
See also: Lutz and Lutz'
English
Etymology
From the surname of Austrian skater Alois Lutz, who invented the jump.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lʌts/
Audio (RP) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌts
Noun
lutz (plural lutzes)
- (figure skating) A jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, rotates counterclockwise and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate.
- 2008 January 27, Pat Borzi, “In a Youth Movement, Nagasu Wins the Title”, in New York Times:
- Meissner fell three times, on two triple lutzes and a triple flip, to drop from fourth, the worst performance by a defending champion in at least 50 years.
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Translations
in figure skating, a type of jump
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French
Etymology
From the surname of Austrian skater Alois Lutz who invented the jump.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luts/, /lyts/
Audio (file)
Noun
lutz m (plural lutz)
- lutz (jump)
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin lūcem, accusative singular of lūx.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
lutz f (plural luses)
- light
See also
- lum