giant slalom

English

Etymology

giant +‎ slalom.

(skiing): Being a slalom with larger turns.
(snowboarding): From its similarity of turn with skiing's giant slalom.

Noun

giant slalom (plural giant slaloms)

(skiing) An Alpine skiing discipline in which the course is longer, steeper, and faster than normal slalom, and the gates are spaced at a greater distance.
(snowboarding) An Alpine snowboarding discipline derived from the skiing discipline.

Hypernyms

(skiing):

(snowboarding):

alpine snowboarding

Coordinate terms

(skiing):

(snowboarding):

parallel giant slalom

Derived terms

(skiing, snowboarding): GS (abbreviation)
(skiing): Super-G/Super G, Super-GS/Super GS, super giant slalom, SG/SGS
(snowboarding): PGS, parallel giant slalom

Translations

skiing discipline

Finnish: suurpujottelu
German: Riesenslalom (de) m
Romanian: slalom uriaș n
Swedish: storslalom (sv) c

References

OED 2006

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