extreme sport

English

Noun

extreme sport (plural extreme sports)

1. Any sport taking place at potentially dangerous speeds or heights, or involving a high level of physical exertion, highly specialized gear, or spectacular stunts.

   Base-jumping is called an extreme sport, but I think it should be called an insane sport.

Synonyms

• action sport
• adventure sport
• adventurous sport

Translations

sport

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 極限運動／极限运动 (jíxiàn yùndòng), 极限运动 (jíxiàn yùndòng)

• Danish: ekstremsport c, ekstremidræt c
• Finnish: extreme-urheilu, ääriurheilu, äärilaji
• French: sport extrême (fr) m
• German: Extremsport (de) m
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• Italian: sport estremo (it) m
• Japanese: エクストリームスポーツ (ekusutorīmusupōtsu), 極端なスポーツ (kyokutan na supōtsu)
• Malay: sukan ekstrem
• Russian: экстрема́льный вид спо́рта m (ekstremálʹnyj vid spórta), экстри́м (ru) m (ekstrím) (colloquial, anything extremely risky)
• Spanish: deporte extremo
• Swedish: extremsport c