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figure skating

figure skating noun: a sport where people perform spins, jumps and other moves on skates.

Noun

figure skating (uncountable)

  1. A sport where people perform spins, jumps and other moves on skates.

figure skating meaning in Arabic, Persian, Thai and Vietnamese

figure skating in Arabic

sport where people perform spins, jumps and other moves on skates
تَزَلُّج فَنِّي عَلَى اَلْجَلِيد tazalluj fannī ʕalā l-jalīd

figure skating in Persian

sport where people perform spins, jumps and other moves on skates
پاتیناژ نمایشی pâtinâž-e namâyeši, اسکیت نمایشی eskeyt-e namâyeši

figure skating in Thai

sport where people perform spins, jumps and other moves on skates
สเกตลีลา sà-gét-lii-laa

figure skating in Vietnamese

sport where people perform spins, jumps and other moves on skates
trượt băng nghệ thuật

Origin of figure skating

From the origins of figure skating, where skaters once skated out patterns onto the ice surface, making a design on its surface. This then evolved into the compulsory figures component of figure skating, that was latterly dropped from competitive judging.

Questions about figure skating

What does figure skating mean?
Figure skating means a sport where people perform spins, jumps and other moves on skates.
What is figure skating in Arabic?
Figure skating in Arabic is تَزَلُّج فَنِّي عَلَى اَلْجَلِيد (tazalluj fannī ʕalā l-jalīd). See Figure skating meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is figure skating?
Figure skating is a noun.

Words near figure skating in the dictionary

  1. figure skate
  2. figure skated
  3. figure skater
  4. figure skaters
  5. figure skates
  6. figure skating
  7. figure space
  8. figure spaces
  9. figure up
  10. figure weaving
  11. figure-caster

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