cross-country skiing

See also: cross country skiing

English

Noun

cross-country skiing (uncountable)

(sports) An endurance sport and method of getting about involving travelling on skis, uphill as well as downhill .
(skiing) A leisure activity using cross-country skis and ski poles for traversing natural terrain during winter.

Antonyms

(recreational): downhill skiing

Hypernyms

(formal sport): nordic skiing
skiing

Hyponyms

Coordinate terms

cross-country skier

Related terms

cross country
cross-country
cross country running

Translations

winter sport

Breton: ski-bale (br) m
Czech: běžkování n
Finnish: maastohiihto (fi), murtomaahiihto (fi)
French: ski de fond (fr) m
German: Langlauf m
Hungarian: sífutás (hu)

Japanese: 距離競技 (きょりきょうぎ, kyorikyōgi)
Mongolian: гүйлтийн цана (güjltijn tsana)
Norwegian: (uncountable) langrenn (no) n
Spanish: esquí de travesía m
Swedish: längdskidåkning (sv) c, längdskidor (sv) c pl

leisure activity

Breton: ski-bale (br) m
Czech: běžkování n
Finnish: maastohiihto (fi), murtomaahiihto (fi)

German: Langlauf m
Norwegian: (uncountable) langrenn (no) n

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