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English

Etymology

From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.

Noun

bobsleigh (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleighs)

1. (obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners
2. (Britain) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
3. (Britain) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh

Synonyms

• bob
• bobsled (USA/Canada)

Translations

Verb

bobsleigh (third-person singular simple present bobsleighs, present participle bobsleighing, simple past and past participle bobsleighed)

1. To ride a bobsleigh.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?p.sl?/, /b?p.sl??/

Noun

bobsleigh f (plural bobsleighs)

1. bobsleigh

Spanish

Noun

bobsleigh m (plural bobsleighs)

1. bobsleigh

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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