slalom
Syllables: sla·lom/ˈslɑː.ləm/US/ˈslɔ.ləm/
slalom noun: the sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates. Also the abbreviation of autoslalom.
Noun
slalom (countable and uncountable, plural slaloms)
- The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates.
- Slalom is her strongest Olympic sport.
- The slalom gates are set closer together.
- Any similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes and water skis.
- Disowned by my father... I began an erratic and increasingly steep slalom. Rejected would-be mercenary pilot, failed Jesuit novice, unpublished writer of pornography… yet for all these failures I had a tenacious faith in myself, a messiah as yet without1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 1
- A course used for the sport of slalom.
- These first two slaloms have sixty gates each.
- A race or competition wherein participants each perform the sport of slalom.
- He has won six World Cup slaloms.
Verb
slalom (third-person singular simple present slaloms, present participle slaloming, simple past and past participle slalomed)
- To race in a slalom.
- To move in a slalom-like manner.
- Snow fell, swirled, slalomed past our windows.1988, Edmund White, chapter 3, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994
- Hiro climbs on his bike, eases it through the neighbourhood and onto the street, and then gosses it up to a few hundred miles an hour, slaloming between the stanchions of the monorail, practicing.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 365
Also used as
slalom is also the abbreviation of autoslalom.
slalom meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
slalom in Hindi
- स्लैलम, स्लेलोम, स्लेलम
slalom in Tamil
- ஸ்லாலோம், ஸ்லாலம், ஸ்லாலொம்
slalom in Marathi
- स्लॅलम, स्लॅलोम, स्लॅलोम करण्यासाठी
slalom in Bengali
- স্ল্যালম, স্লালোম, স্লেলম
More languagesFewer languages
- slalom in Telugu
- స్లాలోమ్, స్లాలమ్, స్లాలొమ్
- slalom in Malayalam
- സ്ലാലോം, സ്ലാലം
- slalom in Kannada
- ಸ್ಲಾಲೊಮ್, ಸ್ಲಾಲೋಮ್, ಸ್ಲಾಲಮ್
- slalom in Punjabi
- ਸਲੈਲਮ, ਸਲੈਲੋਮ
- slalom in Gujarati
- સ્લેલોમ, સ્લેલમ
- slalom in Odia
- ସ୍ଲାଲୋମ୍, ସ୍ଲାଲୋମ, ସ୍ଲାଲମ୍
- slalom in Nepali
- स्लालोम, स्लेलोम, स्लेलम
- slalom in Arabic
- تَزَلُّجٌ مُتَعَرِّج tazallujun mutaʕarrij
Forms of slalom
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | slaloms |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | slaloms |
| present participle | slaloming |
| past participle | slalomed |
| past | slalomed |
Origin of slalom
From Norwegian sla (“steep, hill side”) and låm (“trail”).
Words formed from slalom
- autoslalom
- banked slalom
- canoe slalom
- giant slalom
- GS
- kayak slalom
- parallel giant slalom
- PSG
- parallel slalom
- PSL
- slalomer
- slalomist
- super giant slalom
- Super G
- Super-G
Questions about slalom
- What does slalom mean?
- Slalom means the sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates.
- What is slalom in Hindi?
- Slalom in Hindi is स्लैलम, स्लेलोम, स्लेलम. See Slalom meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is slalom?
- Slalom can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce slalom?
- Slalom is pronounced /ˈslɑː.ləm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of slalom?
- The plural of slalom is slaloms.
Words near slalom in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: slalom (page history and authors); slalom (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slalom (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slalom (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slalom (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slalom (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slalom (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slalom (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slalom (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slalom (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slalom (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); slalom (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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