"orienteer" meaning in English

See orienteer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: orienteers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish orientera. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sv|orientera}} Swedish orientera Head templates: {{en-noun}} orienteer (plural orienteers)
  1. (sports) Someone who takes part in the sport of orienteering. Categories (topical): Sports, People Translations (someone who takes part in the sport of orienteering): 定向運動 (Chinese Mandarin), 定向运动 (Chinese Mandarin), suunnistaja (Finnish), tájfutó (Hungarian), orientista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), orienterare (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-orienteer-en-noun-8gZ7aYNK Disambiguation of People: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb

Forms: orienteers [present, singular, third-person], orienteering [participle, present], orienteered [participle, past], orienteered [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish orientera. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sv|orientera}} Swedish orientera Head templates: {{en-verb}} orienteer (third-person singular simple present orienteers, present participle orienteering, simple past and past participle orienteered)
  1. (sports) to race across unfamiliar countryside using a map and compass Categories (topical): Sports Translations (to race across unfamiliar countryside using a map and compass): suunnistaa (Finnish), orientera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-orienteer-en-verb-ze8DKK6e Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for orienteer meaning in English (3.9kB)

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