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 Translation for 'Alpine skiing' from English to French
NOUN   alpine skiing | -
alpin.sport
ski {m} alpin
Alpine skiing
Partial Matches
alpin.sport
ski {m}
skiing
sport
aller faire du ski
to go skiing
sport
jet-ski {m} [activité]
jet-skiing
alpin.sporttourisme
domaine {m} skiable
skiing region
naut.sport
ski {m} nautique
water skiing
alpin.sporttourisme
domaine {m} skiable
skiing area
alpin.sport
hors-piste {m}
off-piste skiing
sport
ski {m} de fond [activité]
cross-country skiing
alpin.sport
randonnée {f} à ski
off-piste skiing
alpin.sport
skier hors piste
to go off-piste skiing
alpin.sport
faire une randonnée [à skis]
to go off-piste skiing
sport
se risquer à faire du ski
to have a go at skiing
se faire une fracture de la jambe en faisant du skito break one's leg skiing
alpin.
alpin {adj}
alpine
agr.alpin.occup.
armailli {m} [suisse] [alpagiste]
Alpine herdsman
alpin.constr.
chalet {m} [sur l'alpage]
alpine hut
alpin.
paysage {m} alpin
alpine landscape
bot.T
violette {f} des Alpes [Cyclamen purpurascens]
Alpine cyclamen
bot.T
cyclamen {m} des Alpes [Cyclamen purpurascens]
Alpine cyclamen
agr.alpin.occup.
armaillie {f} [suisse] [alpagiste]
Alpine herdswoman
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Usage Examples English
  • Skis used in cross-country are lighter and narrower than those used in alpine skiing.
  • There is a hill for alpine skiing with an altitude difference around 300 meters on the mountain Lille Malene, with the valley station close to the airport terminal.
  • The size and shape for flanges on alpine skiing boots is standardized in ISO 5355.
  • GrIFK was founded in 1925 and is today active in ice hockey, football, team handball, floorball and alpine skiing.
  • The following year, Killy won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with a sweep of all three Olympic gold medals (downhill, giant slalom, and slalom) in controversial circumstances at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

  • This was the last time the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same country in the same year. Alpine skiing made its Olympic debut, but skiing teachers were barred from entering because they were considered to be professionals.
  • The most prominently watched sports in Switzerland are football, ice hockey, Alpine skiing, "Schwingen", and tennis.
  • Both sides of the Pyrenees are popular spots for winter sports such as alpine skiing and mountaineering.
  • Billy Kidd, part Abenaki from Vermont, became the first American male to medal in alpine skiing in the Olympics, taking silver at age 20 in the slalom in the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Using various techniques from alpine skiing to ascend/descend a mountain is a form of the sport by itself, called ski mountaineering.

  • The Giro d'Italia, a famous annual bicycle race, usually ends in Milan. Alpine skiing is also important for the region; the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup holds an annual race in Bormio.
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