From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.
bobsleigh (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleighs)
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bobsleigh (third-person singular simple present bobsleighs, present participle bobsleighing, simple past and past participle bobsleighed)
bobsleigh f (plural bobsleighs)
Unadapted borrowing from English bobsleigh or French bobsleigh.
bobsleigh n (plural bobsleigh-uri)
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) bobsleigh | bobsleigh-ul | (niște) bobsleigh-uri | bobsleigh-urile |
genitive/dative | (unui) bobsleigh | bobsleigh-ului | (unor) bobsleigh-uri | bobsleigh-urilor |
vocative | bobsleigh-ule | bobsleigh-urilor |
Unadapted borrowing from English bobsleigh.
bobsleigh m (plural bobsleighs)
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.