slalom
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Norwegian sla (“steep, hill side”) and låm (“trail”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia slalom (countable and uncountable; plural slaloms)
- (uncountable, sports) The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates. (Often used attributively)
- Slalom is her strongest Olympic sport.
- The slalom gates are set closer together.
- (uncountable) Any similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes and water skis.
- (countable, sports) A course used for the sport of slalom.
- These first two slaloms have sixty gates each.
- (countable, sports) A race or competition wherein participants each perform the sport of slalom.
- He has won six World Cup slaloms.
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Translations [edit]
sports
Verb [edit]
slalom (third-person singular simple present slaloms, present participle slaloming, simple past and past participle slalomed)
- (intransitive) To race in a slalom.
Translations [edit]
to race in a slalom
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French [edit]
Noun [edit]
slalom m (plural slaloms)
- (sports) slalom (event in skiing, kayaking or other sports)
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Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
slalom m (invariable)
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Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /slǎlom/
- Hyphenation: sla‧lom
Noun [edit]
slàlom m (Cyrillic spelling сла̀лом)
Declension [edit]
declension of slalom
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | slalom | slalomi |
| genitive | slaloma | slaloma |
| dative | slalomu | slalomima |
| accusative | slalom | slalome |
| vocative | slalome | slalomi |
| locative | slalomu | slalomima |
| instrumental | slalomom | slalomima |
