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speed skating

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The sport of racing around an oval course, on ice skates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

competitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: skating

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 速度滑冰 (sùdù huábīng) — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 競速溜冰 /竞速溜冰 (jìngsù liūbīng) — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 速滑 (sùhuá) — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Czech: rychlobruslení — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Estonian: kiiruisutamine — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Finnish: pikaluistelu — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • French: patinage de vitesse — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • German: Eisschnelllauf — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Hungarian: gyorskorcsolya — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Icelandic: skautahlaup — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Italian: pattinaggio di velocità — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Japanese: スピードスケート (supīdo sukēto) — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Korean: 스피드스케이팅 (seupideuseukeiting) — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Korean: 속도빙상 (sokdobingsang) — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Macedonian: брзо лизгање (brzo lizganje) — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hurtigløp på skøyter — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Polish: łyżwiarstwo szybkie — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Portuguese: patinação de velocidade — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Russian: конькобе́жный спорт (konʹkobéžnyj sport) — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Spanish: patinaje de velocidad — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Swedish: skridskosport — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates
  • Swedish: skridsko — The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates