hors categorie
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The toughest category of climbs, tougher than category 1. One of six categories of climbs, HC, 1, 2, 3, 4, and not classified; not classified being the easiest.
Example Sentences
- "Ahead of me was the legendary Col de Tourmalet—at 2115m, the highest road pass in the Pyrenees and a stalwart in Tour de France history. It's even classed as an hors-catégorie (out-of-category) climb because it's such a killer. This was a mountain that even professional cyclists are wary of."
- "This was a victory in the grand style, the reward for a heroic escape on the slopes of a vicious mountain pass rated hors-catégorie."
- "Ferrand-Prevot dropped favourite climber Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) with 8.5km to go on the Hors Categorie — the hardest category — climb Col de la Madeleine, eventually joining and overtaking Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek) and Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) to win by a minute and 45 seconds."