orienteering

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish orientering, from orientera (“orient, orientate”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

orienteering (uncountable)

1. (sports) The act of racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass.

Derived terms

• ski orienteering

Translations

racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass

• Arabic: مِلَاحَة (milāḥa)
• Bulgarian: туристическо ориентиране (turističesko orientirane)
• Chinese: 定向 (zh) (dìngxiàng)
• Czech: orientační běh m
• Danish: orienteringsløb n
• Estonian: orienteerumine
• Finnish: suunnistaminen (fi), suunnistus (fi)
• French: course d’orientation (fr) f
• German: Orientierungslauf (de) m
• Hungarian: tájfutás (hu), tájékozódási futás
• Icelandic: ratleikur m
• Irish: rianadóireacht f
• Italian: orientamento (it) m
• Latvian: orientēšanās sports m
• Maori: awhe ararau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: orientering (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: orientering f

• Portuguese: orientação (pt) f
• Russian: ориенти́рование (ru) n (orijentírovanije)
• Spanish: orientación (es) f
• Swedish: orientering (sv) c