bobsleigh

bobsleigh

English

Etymology

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

bobsleigh (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleighs)

Bobsleighs [1]

A bobsleigh [3]

1. (obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
2. (uncountable, UK) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
3. (UK) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.

Synonyms

• bob
• bobsled (USA/Canada)

Translations

sleigh for logs

Finnish: parireki Malecite-Passamaquoddy: suwhewik

sport

Chinese: Mandarin: 雪車／雪车 (zh) (xuěchē), 有舵雪橇 (yǒuduòxuěqiāo) Dutch: bobsleeën (nl) n Finnish: rattikelkkailu French: bobsleigh (fr) m German: Bobsport (de) m Hungarian: bob (hu) Italian: bob (it) m Japanese: ボブスレー (ja) (bobusurē) Korean: 봅슬레이 (bopseullei) Polish: bobsleje (pl) pl Russian: бобсле́й (ru) m (bobsléj) Spanish: bobsleigh Swedish: bob (sv) c

sled for sport

Chinese: Mandarin: 有舵雪橇 (yǒuduòxuěqiāo), 長雪橇／长雪橇 (chángxuěqiāo), 長橇／长橇 (chángqiāo) Dutch: bobslee (nl) f, bob (nl) m or f Finnish: rattikelkka (fi) French: bobsleigh (fr) m German: Bob (de) m, Rennbob m, Rennschlitten m Hungarian: bob (hu) Italian: bob (it) m Japanese: ボブスレー (ja) (bobusurē) Polish: bobslej (pl) m Russian: бобсле́й (ru) m (bobsléj)

Verb

bobsleigh (third-person singular simple present bobsleighs, present participle bobsleighing, simple past and past participle bobsleighed)

1. To ride a bobsleigh.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔb.slɛj/, /bɔb.slɛ/, /bɔb.slɛɡ/

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Noun

bobsleigh f (plural bobsleighs)

1. bobsleigh

Further reading

• “bobsleigh”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• bobslei

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bobsleigh or French bobsleigh.

Noun

bobsleigh n (plural bobsleigh-uri)

1. bobsleigh

Declension

Declension of bobsleigh

	singular		plural
	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

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Spanish

Noun

bobsleigh m (plural bobsleighs)

1. bobsleigh