parkour

parkour
noun /pɑːˈkuɹ,pɑɹˈkuɹ/
An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, and other similar physical movements.

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  • Parkour — (sometimes abbreviated to PK) or l art du déplacement [cite web url=http://www.sportmediaconcept.com/parkour/index.php?subaction=mois annee=2007 mois=1 PHPSESSID=8e074a802eb2bea7323b54bb4bdcfea8 title=Avertissement mise en garde accessdate=2007… …   Wikipedia

  • parkour — |parcúr| s. m. [Esporte] Atividade esportiva, praticada em áreas urbanas ou rurais, que consiste em deslocar se o mais rápida e eficientemente de um ponto a outro usando habilidades atléticas para superar os obstáculos.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra… …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Parkour — /pär koor / noun Same as ↑free running (see under ↑free) ORIGIN: Fr, from parcours route, itinerary …   Useful english dictionary

  • Parkour — Ein Traceur führt einen Équilibre durch Parkour ist eine unter anderem von David Belle gegründete Sportart, bei welcher der Teilnehmer – der Traceur (französisch: „der den Weg ebnet“ oder „der eine Spur legt“) – unter Überwindung sämtlicher… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Parkour — Un traceur effectuant un saut de bras. Décomposi …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Parkour — Este artículo o sección necesita referencias que aparezcan en una publicación acreditada, como revistas especializadas, monografías, prensa diaria o páginas de Internet fidedignas. Puedes añadirlas así o avisar al autor princ …   Wikipedia Español

  • Parkour — El parkour (también llamado PK o free running) es un deporte extremo, en el que los practicantes tratan de superar todos los obstáculos que se presenten en su camino de la manera más fluida, rápida y técnica posible. Un traceur es el nombre que… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • parkour — (par.KOOR) n. A sport in which participants run, climb, and leap over urban structures. Also: Le Parkour, PK. parkourist n. Example Citations: See a gap, jump it. See a rail, vault over it. See a wall, climb it. These are the instincts of… …   New words

  • Parkour — Par|kour [… ku:ɐ̯ ], Le Parkour [ləpar ku:ɐ̯], der, auch: das; [s] <meist ohne Art.> [Kunstwort, zu: ↑ Parcours]: sportlicher Hindernislauf innerhalb einer Stadt, bei dem die Teilnehmenden auf dem schnellsten Weg, ohne Umwege zum Ziel… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • parkour — /paˈkʊə/ (say pah koouh) noun an extreme sport which makes use of obstacles encountered in an urban environment to perform a variety of gymnastic and acrobatic movements; urban gymnastics. Also, le parkour. {French; coined by David Belle and… …  

  • Parkour in popular culture — Parkour (an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body) has appeared in various television advertisements, news reports and entertainment… …   Wikipedia

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