English
Etymology
From Norwegian sla (steep, hill side) and låm (trail).

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable context|sports The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates. (Often used attributively)

#:Slalom is her strongest Olympic sport.
#:The slalom gates are set closer together.

1. uncountable Any similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes and water skis.
2. countable context|sports A course used for the sport of slalom.

#:These first two slaloms have sixty gates each.

1. countable context|sports A race or competition wherein participants each perform the sport of slalom.

#:He has won six World Cup slaloms.

Derived terms
giant slalom
Translations

German: Slalom m
mid
Norwegian: slalåm
Russian: �лалом (slálom) m
Spanish: eslalon m
Swedish: slalom#Swedish|slalom c

Intransitive verb
en-verb

#To race in a slalom

Translations
Norwegian: kjøre slalåm
Swedish: åka slalom

Category:Norwegian derivations
Category:Skiing

et:slalom
el:slalom
io:slalom
sl:slalom
fi:slalom
vi:slalom
tr:slalom

• 2007-11-29 14:56 - VolkovBot - robot Adding: [[et:slalom]]

Full Revision History