wife carrying

noun

A Finnish sport in which men carry women through an obstacle course.

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Meanings

nounwife carrying (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA Finnish sport in which men carry women through an obstacle course.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 背媳婦比賽 /背媳妇比赛
  • 背媳婦比賽 /背媳妇比赛 (bēi xífu bǐsài)Finnish sport
Dutch vrouwdragen, vrouwsjouwen
  • vrouwdragenFinnish sport
  • vrouwsjouwenFinnish sport
Estonian naisekandmine
  • naisekandmineFinnish sport
Finnish eukonkanto, akankanto
  • eukonkantoFinnish sport
  • akankantoFinnish sport
French porter de femme
  • porter de femmeFinnish sport
German Frauentragen
  • FrauentragenFinnish sport
Hebrew נשיאת נשים
  • נשיאת נשיםFinnish sport
Hungarian feleségcipelés
  • feleségcipelésFinnish sport
Italian trasporto della moglie
  • trasporto della moglieFinnish sport
Japanese 奥様運び
  • 奥様運び (okusama hakobi)Finnish sport
Norwegian Bokmål konebæring
  • konebæringFinnish sport
Persian مسابقه حمل همسر
  • مسابقه حمل همسر (mosâbeqe haml hamsar)Finnish sport
Portuguese carregamento de mulheres
  • carregamento de mulheresFinnish sport
Russian ноше́ние жён
  • ноше́ние жён (nošénije žon)Finnish sport
Spanish cargar con la esposa
  • cargar con la esposaFinnish sport
Swedish kärringkånk, kärringbärning
  • kärringkånkFinnish sport
  • kärringbärningFinnish sport
Ukrainian перего́ни з дружи́нами
  • перего́ни з дружи́нами (perehóny z družýnamy)Finnish sport
Cite this entry
APA

wife carrying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wife%20carrying

MLA

“wife carrying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wife%20carrying. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wife carrying,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wife%20carrying.

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