dressage

English

WOTD – 7 August 2012    

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowing from French dressage ("training").

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɹɛs.ɑːʒ/, X-SAMPA: /"dr\Es.A:Z/

Noun

dressage (countable and uncountable; plural dressages)

1. (uncountable) the schooling of a horse
2. (uncountable) an equestrian sport in which the horse and rider perform a test of specific movements in an arena, and are judged on the horse's obedience, acceptance of the bridle and of the rider's aids, gaits, impulsion, and the harmony between horse and rider
3. (countable) an event or competition of the sport of dressage

   I'm competing in two dressage shows and a jumping show this weekend

Synonyms

• (the training of a horse): flatwork, training, haute ecole (high school), classical dressage, (poetically) ballet on horseback

Translations

schooling of a horse

• Armenian: մարզում (hy) (marzum), վարժեցում (hy) (varžecʿum)
• Bulgarian: обяздване (bg) (objazdvane) n
• Finnish: hevosen kouluttaminen (fi)
• German: Dressur (de) f
• Hungarian: idomítás (hu)
• Russian: объездка (ru) (obʺjézdka) f (лошаде́й), дрессура (ru) (dressúra) f

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јахалиште (sh) n, јахаоница (sh) f

  Roman: jahalište (sh) n, jahaonica (sh) f

• Spanish: adiestramiento (es) m, entrenamiento (es) m
• Swedish: dressyr (sv) c, hästdressyr (sv) c

horse sport

• Finnish: kouluratsastus (fi)
• German: Dressurreiten (de) n
• Hungarian: díjlovaglás (hu)

• Russian: выездка (ru) (výjezdka) f
• Spanish: adiestramiento (es) m, doma clásica (es) f
• Swedish: dressyr (sv) c, hästdressyr (sv) c

event of the horse sport

• Bulgarian: паркур (bg) (parkur) m
• Finnish: kouluratsastus (fi)

• Russian: выездка (ru) (výjezdka) f

Anagrams

• regassed

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French

Etymology

From dresser +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʁɛ.saʒ/, X-SAMPA: /dRE.saZ/

Noun

dressage m

1. training
2. dressage