slalom
French, noun/sla.lɔm/
slalom is spelled S-L-A-L-O-M (6 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written French, the 18,424th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Slalom is a French masculine noun meaning “slalom (event in skiing, kayaking or other sports)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Descente sinueuse à skis où le parcours est jalonné de piquets”.
What does slalom mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslalom (event in skiing, kayaking or other sports)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Descente sinueuse à skis où le parcours est jalonné de piquets. 2. Discipline de course en canoë-kayak.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of slalom
- slaloms plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce slalom?
- /sla.lɔm/
- \sla.lɔm\
- [sla.lɔm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to slalom
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is slalom in French?
slalom appears 2.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).