bobsleigh
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bobsleigh (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleighs)

- (obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
- (uncountable, UK) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
- (UK) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.
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Verb
[edit]bobsleigh (third-person singular simple present bobsleighs, present participle bobsleighing, simple past and past participle bobsleighed)
- To ride a bobsleigh.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bobsleigh f (plural bobsleighs)
Further reading
[edit]- “bobsleigh”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English bobsleigh or French bobsleigh.
Noun
[edit]bobsleigh n (plural bobsleigh-uri)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | bobsleigh | bobsleigh-ul | bobsleigh-uri | bobsleigh-urile | |
genitive-dative | bobsleigh | bobsleigh-ului | bobsleigh-uri | bobsleigh-urilor | |
vocative | bobsleigh-ule | bobsleigh-urilor |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English bobsleigh.
Noun
[edit]bobsleigh m (plural bobsleighs)
Usage notes
[edit]According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
[edit]- “bobsleigh”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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