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Le patinage
Skating can be a fun way to exercise or a cutthroat competition. Here’s some French vocabulary you might find useful when hitting the rink or watching the Winter Olympics.
| Skating | Le patinage | |
| ice skating | le patinage (sur glace) | |
| figure skating | le patinage artistique | |
| free skating | le programme libre | |
| ice dancing | la danse sur glace | |
| ice skater | le patineur la patineuse |
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| pair skating | le patinage en couple | |
| pattern dance | la danse imposée | |
| roller skating | le skating le patinage à roulette |
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| speed skating | le patinage de vitesse | |
| synchronized skating | le patinage syncronisé | |
| Equipment | Matériel | |
| blade | la lame | |
| skate ice skate roller skate |
le patin le patin à glace le patin à roulettes |
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| skating rink ice roller |
la patinoire le skating |
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| Turns and Spins | Retournements et pirouettes | |
| bracket turn | un bracket, une accolade | |
| back spin | une pirouette arrière | |
| camel spin | une pirouette allongée | |
| choctaw turn | un choctaw | |
| death spiral | la spirale de la mort | |
| flying spin | une pirouette sautée | |
| layback spin | une pirouette cambrée | |
| pivot | un pivot | |
| sit spin | une pirouette assise | |
| upright spin | une pirouette debout | |
| Jumps and Lifts | Sauts et portés | |
| axel | un axel | |
| flip jump | un flip | |
| loop jump | un boucle | |
| Lutz jump | un lutz | |
| Russian split | un saut à la russe | |
| Salchow jump | un salchow | |
| stag jump | un saut de biche | |
| toe loop jump | un boucle piqué | |
| waltz jump | un saut de valse | |
| Miscellaneous | Et cetera | |
| crossover | le croisé | |
| curve | la courbe | |
| edge inside edge outside edge |
la carre le dedans le dehors |
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| fall | la chute | |
| footwork | le jeu de jambes | |
| Verbs | Verbes | |
| to fall | chuter, tomber | |
| to jump | sauter | |
| to land | atterrir | |
| to skate | patiner | |
| to stumble | trébucher | |
| to win | gagner |
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