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WORLD CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • Curling
DEF

A generic for each of the two world championships in this sport: the "World Men's Curling Championship" first organized in 1959, and called the "Silver Broom" from 1968 to 1985; and the "World Women's Curling Championship" first organized in 1979, and also called the "World Ladies' Curling Championship."

OBS

In his English-French Glossary of Curling Terms of 1986, on page 23E, Pierre Dallaire writes: "Brier: A term reserved exclusively to the men's curling championship held annually in Canada before 1968 and, since 1986, to the Men's World Curling Championship [SIC]". Nevertheless, none of the sources consulted links the term "Brier" to the "World Men's Curling Championship," all of them considering that it has been exclusively associated, since 1927, with the "Canadian Men's Curling Championship."

OBS

The expression can also be a generic for the World Senior Men's Championship or the World Senior Women's Championship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Curling
DEF

Générique pour chacun des deux championnats mondiaux dans ce sport : le «Championnat du monde de curling masculin» tenu pour la première fois en 1959 et appelé le «Balai d'argent» de 1968 à 1985; et le «Championnat du monde de curling féminin», tenu une première fois en 1979.

OBS

Dans son Lexique de termes de curling français-anglais de 1986, en page 27F, Pierre Dallaire écrit : «Brier : Terme qui s'applique exclusivement au championnat senior masculin [SIC] annuel, au Canada et, depuis 1986, championnat mondial senior masculin [SIC].». Cependant, aucune des sources consultées ne lie le terme «Brier» au «Championnat mondial de curling masculin», toutes le rattachant exclusivement, dans leurs définitions comme dans les usages, au «Championnat canadien de curling masculin» depuis 1927.

Spanish

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