esqui

See also: esquí

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɛs.ki]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈəs.ki]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈes.ki]

Verb

esqui

1. inflection of escar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

esqui

Alternative forms

• ski

Etymology

Borrowed from French ski, from Norwegian ski, from Old Norse skíð (“stick of wood”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“log, tile”), from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to split, to dissect”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈki/, /esˈki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈki/, /esˈki/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈki/, /eʃˈki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈki/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈki/

• Hyphenation: es‧qui

Noun

esqui m (plural esquis)

1. ski (one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water)
2. (sports) skiing

Related terms

• esquiador
• esquiar