"fartlek" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɑːtlɛk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɑɹtlək/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-fartlek.oga Forms: fartleks [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish fartlek, from fart (“speed”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”)) + lek (“child’s play”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump around, run around; to frolic, play; to dance; to jitter, shake”)). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per-|*leyg-|id=fare|id2=jump}}, {{bor|en|sv|fartlek}} Swedish fartlek, {{der|en|ine-pro|*per-|t=to go through; to carry forth, fare}} Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leyg-|t=to jump around, run around; to frolic, play; to dance; to jitter, shake}} Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump around, run around; to frolic, play; to dance; to jitter, shake”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fartlek (countable and uncountable, plural fartleks)
  1. An athletic training technique, used especially in running, in which periods of intense effort alternate with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Exercise Synonyms: interval training Related terms: wind sprint Translations (training technique in which periods of intense effort alternative with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout): vauhtileikittely (Finnish), Fahrtspiel [neuter] (German), אימון פארטלק (Hebrew), ファルトレク (Japanese), fartlekas (Lithuanian), фартлек (fartlek) (Russian), fartlek [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fartlek [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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