telemark

See also: Telemark and télémark

English

WOTD – 3 December 2016

Linda Peer telemark skiing in powdery snow

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈteːləˌmɑɹk/
Hyphenation: te‧le‧mark

Noun

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.

Synonyms

(telemark skiing): free-heel skiing

Derived terms

telemarker
telemark skiing
telemark turn

Translations

telemark skiing

French: télémark (fr) m
Japanese: テレマークスキー (teremāku-sukī)
Korean: 텔레마크 스키 (tellemakeu seuki)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: telemarkskjøring f
Nynorsk: telemarkskøyring f

Verb

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.

References

“telemark” (US) / “telemark” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.