skiing

See also: skiïng

English

Alternative forms

• skiïng (pedantic)

Pronunciation

• enPR: skēʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈski.ɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːɪŋ

Verb

skiing

1. present participle and gerund of ski

Noun

skiing (uncountable)

1. (sports) A group of sports using skis as primary equipment.
   • 1975 August 24, Knauf, “Let’s chip in, buy Novitiate”, in Sunday Post-Crescent, page B-3:

     Editor John Torinus could enlighten us on wineology, crosscountry skiing, sailing and the joys and pains of being an editor.

Hyponyms

• slalom

Derived terms

• aerial skiing
• alpine skiing
• après-skiing
• caterpillar skiing
• classic skiing
• cross-country skiing
• downhill skiing
• extreme skiing
• free-heel skiing
• freestyle skiing
• heli-skiing, heliskiing
• mogul skiing
• nordic skiing
• Nordic skiing
• para alpine skiing
• para Nordic skiing
• para-Nordic skiing
• para nordic skiing
• paranordic skiing
• para-nordic skiing
• para-skiing
• para skiing
• rollerskiing
• skate skiing
• snow-skiing
• speed skiing
• technical skiing
• telemark skiing
• water skiing
• water-skiing

Translations

sport or activity

• Arabic: تَزَلُّج m (tazalluj), تَزَحْلُق m (tazaḥluq)
• Bulgarian: ски спорт m (ski sport)
• Catalan: esquí (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑雪 (zh) (huáxuě)

• Czech: lyžování (cs) n
• Finnish: hiihto (fi), hiihdäntä
• French: ski (fr)
• Georgian: მეთხილამურეობა (metxilamureoba)
• German: Schifahren n, Skifahren (de) n
• Ido: skikuro
• Italian: sci (it) m
• Japanese: スキー (ja) (sukī)
• Ladin: schi m
• Latin: nartātiō f
• Macedonian: скијање n (skijanje)
• Mòcheno: ski m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skiidrett m, skiløping m or f, skigåing m or f

  Nynorsk: skiidrett m, skilauping f, skiløping f, skigåing f

• Polish: narciarstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: esqui (pt) m, esquiação f
• Romanian: schi (ro)
• Russian: ката́ние на лы́жах n (katánije na lýžax) (activity), лы́жный спорт m (lýžnyj sport) (sport)
• Scots: skiin
• Spanish: esquí (es) m
• Swedish: skidåkning (sv) c
• Turkish: kayak (tr), kayakçılık (tr)
• Volapük: skiyam

Anagrams

• siking