cross-country skiing

noun

An endurance sport and method of getting about involving travelling on skis, uphill as well as downhill.

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Meanings

nouncross-country skiing (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehobbiesAn endurance sport and method of getting about involving travelling on skis, uphill as well as downhill.
  2. uncountablehobbiesA leisure activity using cross-country skis and ski poles for traversing natural terrain during winter.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cross-country ski

Translations

Bulgarian ски бягане
  • ски бягане (ski bjagane)winter sport
Chinese Mandarin 越野滑雪
  • 越野滑雪 (yuèyě huáxuě)winter sport
Czech běžkování, běžkování
  • běžkováníleisure activity
  • běžkováníwinter sport
Dutch langlaufen
  • langlaufenwinter sport
Finnish maastohiihto, murtomaahiihto
  • maastohiihtoleisure activity
  • murtomaahiihtoleisure activity
  • maastohiihtowinter sport
  • murtomaahiihtowinter sport
French ski de fond
  • ski de fondwinter sport
German Langlauf, Langlauf
  • Langlaufleisure activity
  • Langlaufwinter sport
  • Skilanglaufwinter sport
Hungarian sífutás
  • sífutáswinter sport
Japanese クロスカントリースキー, 距離競技
  • クロスカントリースキー (kurosukantorī sukī)winter sport
  • 距離競技 (kyorikyōgi)winter sport
Korean 크로스컨트리 스키
  • 크로스컨트리 스키 (keuroseukeonteuri seuki)winter sport
Norwegian langrenn, langrenn
  • langrennleisure activity
  • langrennwinter sport
Polish biegi narciarskie, narciarstwo biegowe
  • biegi narciarskieleisure activity
  • narciarstwo biegoweleisure activity
  • biegi narciarskiewinter sport
  • narciarstwo biegowewinter sport
Russian ката́ние на беговы́х лы́жах
  • ката́ние на беговы́х лы́жах (katánije na begovýx lýžax)winter sport
Spanish esquí de travesía
  • esquí de travesíawinter sport
Swedish längdskidåkning, längdskidor
  • längdskidåkningwinter sport
  • längdskidorwinter sport
Turkish kır kayağı, kayaklı koşu
  • kır kayağıleisure activity
  • kayaklı koşuwinter sport
Cite this entry
APA

cross-country skiing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-country%20skiing

MLA

“cross-country skiing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-country%20skiing. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cross-country skiing,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-country%20skiing.

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