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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestrineo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: tri-ne-o
"Bajaron la colina montados en un trineo."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A vehicle mounted on runners, pulled by animals, dogs, or humans, used for traveling over snow or ice.
"The explorers loaded their supplies onto the sledge for the final push across the glacier."
- 1
To travel or transport goods using a sledge.
"They had to sledge their equipment across five miles of frozen tundra."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'sledge', from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch 'sledde', meaning a sliding vehicle. It shares a common Proto-Germanic root with 'slide' and 'sleigh', evolving to describe both transport vehicles used on snow and heavy striking hammers.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sledge" is said worldwide
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traineau
Transliteration: trah-no
Script: traîneau
"Les enfants font de la luge avec un traîneau."
Schlitten
Transliteration: shlit-en
"Der Weihnachtsmann fährt mit einem Schlitten."
slitta
Transliteration: slit-ta
"La slitta scivolava velocemente sulla neve."
trineo
Transliteration: tri-ne-o
"Bajaron la colina montados en un trineo."
trenó
Transliteration: tre-no
"Os cães puxavam o trenó através da neve."
स्लेज
Transliteration: slej
"बर्फ पर यात्रा करने के लिए स्लेज का उपयोग किया जाता है।"
雪橇
Transliteration: xuě qiāo
"他们乘雪橇穿过雪地。"
썰매
Transliteration: sseolmae
"우리는 눈 위에서 썰매를 탔습니다."
そり
Transliteration: sori
Script: 橇
"子供たちは雪の中でそりで遊んだ。"
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