karate

See also karaté

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kəˈɹɑː(ɹ).ti/, SAMPA: /k@"rA:(r).ti/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)ti

Noun

karate (uncountable)

1. An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.

Derived terms

• karate kick

Related terms

• karaoke
• karateka

Translations

martial art

Arabic: كاراتيه (ar) (karaatiih) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 空手 (cmn) (kōngshǒu), 空手道 (cmn) (kōngshǒudào) Czech: karate (cs) n. Finnish: karate (fi) French: karaté (fr) m. German: Karate (de) n. Hebrew: קראטה (he) (kárate) m. Icelandic: karate (is) n. Japanese: 空手 (ja) (karate), 空手道 (ja) (karatedō) Lithuanian: karatė (lt) f.

Macedonian: карате (mk) (karáte) n. Norwegian: karate (no) m. Polish: karate (pl) n. Portuguese: caratê (pt) m. Russian: карате (ru) (karaté) m. (indeclinable), каратэ (ru) (karaté) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: карате (sh) Roman: karate (sh) Swedish: karate (sv) c. Turkish: karate (tr)

Anagrams

• ektara

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Czech

Noun

karate n.

1. karate

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).

Noun

karate n.

1. karate

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Japanese

Noun

karate (hiragana からて)

1. 空手, 唐手: karate

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Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 空手 (karate)

Noun

karate n. (indeclinable)

1. karate

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).

Noun

karàte m. (Cyrillic spelling кара̀те) (not inflected)

1. karate

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ka̠ˈɾa̠.te̞]

Noun

karate m. (plural uncountable)

1. (martial arts) karate