WOTD – 3 December 2016

Etymology

From Norwegian Telemark, a county in Norway, from Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from the genitive plural case of þelir (“name of an old Germanic tribe”) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛləˌmɑɹk/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation: te‧le‧mark

Noun

telemark (countable and uncountable, plural telemarks)

(uncountable, skiing) Telemark skiing, a method of skiing using the telemark turn and a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes.
(countable, skiing) A telemark turn.
(countable, ski jumping) A telemark landing.

Synonyms

(telemark skiing): free-heel skiing

Derived terms

Translations

telemark skiing

French: télémark (fr) m
Japanese: テレマークスキー (teremāku-sukī)
Korean: 텔레마크 스키 (tellemakeu seuki)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: telemarkskjøring f

Nynorsk: telemarkskøyring f

Verb

telemark (third-person singular simple present telemarks, present participle telemarking, simple past and past participle telemarked)

(skiing, intransitive) To take part in telemark skiing.
(skiing, intransitive) To perform a telemark turn.

References

“telemark”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

Telemark skiing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English