luge
English
/luːʒ/
noun
Definitions
- A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
- The sport of racing on luges.
- A piece of ice, bone or other material with a channel down which a (usually alcoholic) drink can be poured into someone's mouth.
Etymology
Borrowed from French luge derived from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (slip, slide, be slippery, slippery).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sleydʰ-
Gloss
slip, slide, be slippery, slippery
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dogsled English
- kicksled English
- luger English
- mudsled English
- sled English
- sled head English
- sled-head English
- sleddable English
- sledder English
- sleddog English
- sledhead English
- sledlike English
- sledload English
- sleigh English
- sleighbell English
- sleigher English
- sleighful English
- sleighlike English
- slide English
- windsled English
- slittare Italian
- luge French
- deslizar Spanish, Castilian
- luge Spanish, Castilian
- *sleydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *slidʰ-ró-s Proto-Indo-European
- *sléydʰ-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- deslizar Portuguese
- luge Portuguese
- *slidrōną Proto-Germanic
- *slidô Proto-Germanic
- *slindraz Proto-Germanic
- リュージュ Japanese
- sledde Middle English
- سریدن Persian
- llithr Welsh
- llithro Welsh