telemark

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See also: Telemark and télémark

English[edit]

Linda Peer telemark skiing in powdery snow

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛləˌmɑɹk/
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  • Hyphenation: te‧le‧mark

Noun[edit]

telemark (countable and uncountable, plural telemarks)

  1. (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.
  2. (countable, skiing) A telemark turn.
  3. (countable, ski jumping) A telemark landing.

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Verb[edit]

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

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

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