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orienteering

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act of racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish orientering, from orientera (“orient, orientate”) + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِلَاحَة (milāḥa) — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Bulgarian: туристическо ориентиране (turističesko orientirane) — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Chinese: 定向 (dìngxiàng) — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Czech: orientační běh — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Danish: orienteringsløb — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Dutch: oriëntatieloop — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Estonian: orienteerumine — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Finnish: suunnistaminen — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Finnish: suunnistus — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • French: course d'orientation — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • German: Orientierungslauf — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Hungarian: tájfutás — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Hungarian: tájékozódási futás — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Icelandic: ratleikur — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Irish: rianadóireacht — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Italian: orientamento — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Latvian: orientēšanās sports — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Māori: awhe ararau — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Norwegian Bokmål: orientering — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: orientering — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Portuguese: orientação — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Russian: ориенти́рование (orijentírovanije) — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Slovak: orientačný beh — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Spanish: orientación — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Swedish: orientering — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
  • Turkish: oryantiring — racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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