rock climbing

See also: rockclimbing

English

Alternative forms

• rock-climbing
• rockclimbing

Noun

rock climbing (uncountable)

1. The sport of the sport of climbing on rocks or in mountains, or on specially designed walls inside or outdoors.
   • 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 128:

     James never cared much for the sea-side, but developed a passionate love for the Westmoreland mountains, getting to know most of them as an energetic fell walker, preferring this to rock climbing.

Related terms

• rock climber

Translations

sport of scaling rock faces

• Belarusian: скалала́жанне n (skalalážannje)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 攀石 (paan¹ sek⁶)

  Mandarin: 攀岩 (zh) (pānyán)

• Dutch: rotsklimmen
• Estonian: kaljuronimine
• Finnish: kalliokiipeily
• French: escalade (fr) f
• German: Felsklettern n
• Hungarian: sziklamászás (hu)
• Indonesian: panjat tebing (id)
• Irish: ailleadóireacht f, speancaireacht f
• Japanese: ロッククライミング (ja) (rokku kuraimingu), 岩登り (iwanobori)
• Kazakh: жартасқа өрмелеу (jartasqa örmeleu)
• Korean: 록 클라이밍 (rok keullaiming), 암벽등반(岩壁登攀) (ambyeokdeungban)
• Latvian: klinšu kāpšana f
• Polish: wspinaczka skałkowa f
• Russian: скалола́зание (ru) n (skalolázanije)
• Spanish: escalada de paredes rocosas f, escalamiento de paredes pétreas m
• Swedish: klippklättring c
• Turkish: kaya tırmanışı
• Ukrainian: скелела́зіння n (skelelázinnja)

References

• Cambridge Dictionary (2024)