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. (Britain) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
3. (Britain) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh

Synonyms

• bob
• bobsled (USA/Canada)

Translations

sport

• Finnish: rattikelkkailu
• French: bobsleigh (fr) m
• German: Bobsport m
• Hungarian: bob (hu)
• Italian: bob (it) m

• Japanese: ボブスレー (ja) (bobusurē)
• Polish: bobsleje (pl) pl
• Russian: бобсле́й (ru) m (bobsléj)
• Swedish: bob (sv) c

sled

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有舵雪橇 (yǒuduòxuěqiāo), 長雪橇, 长雪橇 (chángxuěqiāo), 長橇, 长橇 (chángqiāo)

• 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): /bɔp.slɛ/, /bɔp.slɛɡ/

Noun

bobsleigh f (plural bobsleighs)

1. bobsleigh

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Spanish

Noun

bobsleigh m (plural bobsleighs)

1. bobsleigh