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luge
- /luː(d)ʒ/ UK
- /luʒ/ US
Rhymes with -uːdʒ, -uːʒ
Where it comes from
The noun is borrowed from Swiss French or Franco-Provençal luge, from Medieval Latin scludia, from Late Latin sclodia, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *stludio, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- (“to slide, slip; to be slick or slippery”). If so, it is related to sled and sleigh.
Sense 2.2 (“drinking utensil”) is from its resemblance to the tracks on which luges race.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
* Irish slaod (“raft, float”)
* Old Breton stloit (“sliding; traction”) (modern Breton stlej (“sleigh”))
* Welsh llithr (“slide, slippage”)
noun luges
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A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
Similar: luge sled
- The sport of racing on luges.
- A piece of bone, ice or other material with a channel down which a drink (usually alcoholic) can be poured into someone's mouth. The luge was a block of ice, sometimes up to three-and-one-half feet long, which had narrow grooves etched into it. Alcohol was poured onto one end of the luge and as the alcohol traveled down the narrow grooves in the block of ice, it was cooled and then ran directly into the mouth of the waiting d
verb luges · luging · lugeing · luged
- To ride a luge; also, to participate in the sport of luge.
- To slide or slip down a slope. [Norman] Ollestad was only 11 when a small plane carrying him, his father and his father's girlfriend to a ski race slammed into the San Gabriel Mountains west of Los Angeles during a blizzard. […] After the girlfriend luged to her death halfway down the icy slope, Ollestad had to pick his way down
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noun racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back
| Español | luge |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 루지 ruji |
| 日本語 | リュージュ ryūju |
| 中文 | 無舵雪橇 /无舵雪橇 wúduò xuěqiāo |
| Português | luge |
| Français | luge |
| Deutsch | Schlitten, Rennschlitten |
| Italiano | slittino |
| Ελληνικά | λουτζ loutz |
| Română | sanie |
| Русский | сани sani |
| العربية | زحافات ثلجية |
| עברית | לוז׳ |
noun sport of racing on luges
| Español | luge |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 루지 ruji |
| 日本語 | リュージュ ryūju |
| 中文 | 無舵雪橇 /无舵雪橇 wúduò xuěqiāo |
| Português | luge |
| Français | luge, luge de course |
| Deutsch | Rennrodeln, Rodeln |
| Ελληνικά | λουτζ loutz |
| Русский | са́нный спорт sánnyj sport |
| Tiếng Việt | luge, trượt băng nằm ngửa |
| עברית | לוז׳ |
verb to ride a luge; to participate in the sport of luge
| Deutsch | rodeln |
|---|
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title = {luge},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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